Word: heights
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...story is told of Thomas Nast, that when he was at the height of his celebrity in New York last fall, a Western lady sent him a marriage proposal. He sent back a cartoon of a lady with two or three children, with this inscription, "My wife and children, the only objections...
...little dispute between the two lower classes about the right of way around the tree rose to a height unbecoming the occasion and the assembly, and should have been checked rather than encouraged by the Juniors who were present...
Fades and dies in the western height...
...never permitted to see tutor or professor with hair unkempt and coat buttoned up around his throat. Men who would show such a lofty disregard for their own comfort might assuredly think themselves entitled to urge self-abnegation upon others; but O that those who have already reached this height might attain a still greater elevation of mind, and, like Tai, show a consideration for others that they do not feel for themselves...
...enjoyable but more restricted modes of physical training. Plans for improvement have already been considered, and were it not for the crippled condition of the College finances next summer would see the work begun. It is proposed to raise the roof of the dressing-rooms to double its present height, and to place the office, dressing-rooms, etc., on the second floor. This change would almost double the space for apparatus on the ground floor, and ventilators and bath-rooms could be easily arranged. The Government must too well appreciate the importance of a first-class Gymnasium to allow...