Word: hand
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Resolved, That recognizing in his death the hand of a Divine Providence, we yet deeply regret and mourn the early close of so promising a life...
...fairly started, there may be some men desirous of entering the society who are, as yet, not sufficiently good players to be admitted. The standard of ability is likely to be high, and practice is, of course, the best preparation; but books, like Howard Staunton's Chess-player's Hand-Book, and other works by the same author, will be found helpful. We would not express the least doubt of the value of this society, but would like to suggest as an interesting question for thought: "Can the faculties called forth and stimulated by chess-playing be made...
...writer and a thorough knowledge of those to whom it is addressed. No mere decrying against a lamentable fact can be of any possible use, and threats are worse than idle. Our columns are open to any able pen in the interests of reform, but we must know the hand that holds the pen, as well as judge of the capability of the article to effect so important an object...
...reasonable to hope, although we are not authorized to say so, that the Overseers will not allow the whole expense of the new building and seats to be borne by the students. If this hope is realized, we surely shall not lose by the contemplated improvements. On the other hand, we shall gain an attractive-looking field, and a fence to shut out the insidious "muckers," which will save the services of numerous policemen at ball matches...
...Bowdoin Orient is improving. In speaking of the last summers sensation at the White Mountains, the student waiter, it says: "He learns to hand a chair with quiet dignity, and to present a plate of soup with courtly grace; and at night, when the dishes have been washed, and the napkins all folded, he clothes himself in a broadcloth coat and joins the ladies in a social dance. His bearing throughout is one of modest independence and dignified humility. The ladies beam upon him, - it is a life of romance; the guests fee him, - it is a life of profit...