Word: hand
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...though our library is but poorly supplied with works hearing upon it, yet, through the efforts of the energetic gentleman who conducts this department, we are in hopes of seeing it not much longer in want. The time for the selection of our next-year electives is at hand, and the difficulty of choosing between so many attractive courses renews itself; but Romance Philology can be safely recommended to any student who seeks a study full of beauty and instruction...
...rubbers and backed up against the door. He tried in vain to break it open. Then he kicked with his right foot till he was tired. Then with his left. Then he shouted till the whole entry reverberated. Finally, he heard steps hurrying in response to his cries; a hand touched the knob outside, and the door opened inward, nearly knocking him down stairs. The Freshman saw his mistake, and, gathering up his rubbers, silently stole away without making any explanations. His residence, in the middle entry of Thayer, had rendered him unable to appreciate the possibility of the door...
THOUGH every day brings short-hand writing more into use, yet the notions held concerning it, both by the general public and by men in college, are still very erroneous. For the latter these mistaken ideas are particularly unfortunate, since short-hand can hardly be of greater benefit to any one than to those studying for a profession and constantly requiring notes of important lectures, in which each sentence contains a fact or suggestion not to be lost without injury. The life of professional men, too, presents many opportunities when the employment of a mode of writing four or five...
...have what little cooking was necessary done in it by some one who should come and do the work and furnish the meals to the students in their rooms. The cost of such a manner of boarding would not equal what many now pay, nor, on the other hand, would it preclude ale, and perhaps claret, from men of moderate means. Dinner could be served in Memorial Hall for the whole College, and supper either furnished in the same manner as breakfast, or, if preferred, a man could prepare his own tea, toast...
...original outlay of from $20,000 to $25,000, with the price of board at from $4.00 to $4.50 per week, would secure these advantages to six hundred students. "On the other hand, the average cost of the board to the individual member would be reduced somewhat by the addition to the numbers of the association...