Word: hearings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fixed purpose, or of one idea, can pass through a couple of years without wasting some valuable time outside of his specialty. The method of instruction is by lectures in every case where it is possible. There are certain courses which each candidate for a degree must hear before presenting himself for examination. A record of these is kept in a book given to each student for this purpose, in which he enters the subjects of the lectures and to which the lecturer signs his name at the beginning and close of each semester by way of attestation. In this...
...some special branches enough can be gained in four to answer all practical purposes. The script is peculiar and must be learned, for nearly all notices on the bulletins are written in it. The choice of lectures is often a problem, but as it is permitted to hear the various courses for about two weeks without settling down upon any particular one, this is reduced to a minimum. The advice of an experienced friend is valuable, but a fixed purpose and the wisdom to avoid outside allurements is of still greater advantage. In applying for admittance...
...instructors, or by gentlemen invited to lecture, upon certain subjects, the subject of music is neglected. It is somewhat singular that the talent at hand does not volunteer lectures or recitals of music. A large number of students able to appreciate good music have but few chances to hear it during the college term, and one or two organ or piano recitals would be greatly appreciated by them. Moreover, many works of the old composers, especially Bach and Handel, are never heard nowadays, for the poor reason that they are of too slight account to bring before the modern audience...
Sever 11 was filled to overflowing last evening with the audience assembled to hear Gen. Francis A. Palfry on "Gaines Mill and the Peninsular Campaign." The purpose which McClellan had in view when he entered upon the disastrous campaign of the Peninsular was the crushing of the Confederate forces massed in front of Richmond, and the ultimate capture of the city. To accomplish this object, he had at his disposal troops to the number of a hundred thousand. To oppose him, Johnson, and afterward Lee, had about eighty thousand men. These estimates include all three branches of the service...
...statement takes up the duties of the various officers and states them clearly. It ought to be remembered that the "directors are the mouth-piece of the members at large. They receive and act upon any suggestions, hear and investigate all complaints and in general constitute a means of communication between the members and the officers to whom the actual details of management are entrusted." Concerning such suggestions and complaints, a good deal might be said. It seems to be a prevalent idea that, whenever a member becomes a little dissatisfied with anything, he should immediately indite a ferocious communication...