Word: grounds
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...accomplished a task which will doubtless bring him well-deserved thanks. But still the library, perfect as it now is sorely in need of one thing which will render it of more importance than ever electric lights. These we hope to see put in shortly, and we have good ground for believing that, in this respect, our wishes will be gratified...
...laboratory, to be known as "The class of '77 Biological Laboratory," was opened last September. It is built in the Romanesque style and offers both an attractive exterior and an interior provided with abundant light and space. It is two stories high and contains three laboratories, On the ground floor are the physiological and embryological laboratories, and on the second floor the morphological laboratory. Eight large working tables, for four men each, have been placed in the morphological laboratory in front of the windows; the end wall spaces are fitted up with instrument and reagent cases, and between the windows...
...will be in Williamstown from the middle of February until the middle of March. The team will take a Southern trip, but arrangements have not yet been made for it. The proposition to join a league with University of Pennsylvania, Cornell, Trinity, Lafayette and Columbia was refused, on the ground that the distance from the other colleges is too great...
...much space as is needed to contain every tree that can be made to grow in that climate with the aid of irrigation. The trees are to be planted in open order, and arranged with siestas and views, so that the place will have the features of a pleasure ground in addition to its scientific character...
...conclusion, we advise no one to pursue a systematic course of "cramming," A man who studies the larger part of a night before an examination enters the examination room with impaired mental faculties, unable to express forcibly or well the substance ground up the previous nigh. A clear mind with a few facts is of more avail than a muddled head with an interminable jumble of confused statistics...