Word: hands
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...certainly productive of marked improvements in a student's powers. To those who are going into journalism it is of considerable value as a preparation for that profession, and it is excellent training for the others as a means of discipline and culture. On the other hand, the arguments against giving credit for such work are based on the nature of the work, and on the condition in which it is performed. In regard to the first objection, it is said that the work is often trivial and calls for no exercise of judgment or application of principles. The writing...
...from the Damascus Gate stands a hill that looks exceedingly like a skull in the sunlight, and could well give to the hill the name, the "place of a skull" Close at hand have been discovered the remains of an old Roman road leading directly to Herod's Tower in the city from which it could easily be seen. Moreover, just back of the hill stands a garden, and along its edge runs a wall, pretty well buried under the accumulated dust of ages. Excavations have brought to light a tomb in the wall, protected by a rolling stone, just...
...wild hog with two dogs on him and three or four more looking on with a sleepy kind of interest. The effect is almost absurd. The illustrations of "A Comedy of Counterplots" are the worst in the number; one is a fanciful portrait of two men dancing hand in hand in a most unnatural position. It would be far pleasanter to have appearances left to the reader's imagination than to have all pleasant ideas of the characters dispelled by such lifeless and ridiculous pictures. The two leading articles of the number are the story "Which Miss Charteris...
...five-year agreement with the Harvard Boat Club may prevent the adoption of the undergraduate rule this year in rowing, and until that question is definitely settled no correct idea of the material at hand can be obtained, The track athletic team likewise, is bound by the rules of the Inter-Collegiate Athletic Association, and in this there are so many colleges that it is impossible to say whether or not it will adopt the undergraduate rule. The nine is not bound by any agreement, and it is almost safe to say that if it meets Harvard and Princeton...
...some reason there were only four candidates for other positions, so there will be another call this afternoon at four o'clock in the Carey Building. Every one who expects to try for a position on the team must hand in his name to-day. Work will begin immediately. It is very important that all who have played before should report to the captain of the team. Although most of last year's players are back in college, there will probably be several places to be filled by new candidates. In fact all nine positions are open to the best...