Word: high
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...anniversary of Dr. Gray's 75th birthday was celebrated Nov. 18, 1885, and the expressions of all of the botanists of America of love and esteem for their master indicated the high place which the followers of his chosen science accorded him. When Professor Gray first went to Cambridge the establishment was hardly more than a botanic garden in name, and did not include either herbarium library or other proper material for instruction or research. Professor Gray is a foreign member of the Royal Society, of London; he is a foreign member also of the Institute of France, being...
...general interest. The Yale News has been quick to see and comment upon our indifference in this direction. Yet Yale has seen the benefit that could result from such a system, and, not to be outdone by us, has also instituted a series of weekly prize contests in high jumping and shot-putting. And it seems as if she would reap great benefit from the plan, whereas we seem to be gaining little or no advantage from it. The cause for this lack of interest and competition seems to lie in the fact that the contests are held on Saturday...
...handsome cover. Among the new illustrations the most prominent are cuts of the eleven, Glee Club, Banjo Club, and the new Cloister building, now in process of erection. The junior appointment list has been published and includes eighty-four men. The following seventeen who received a philosophical or high oration appointment have been taken into Phi Beta Kappa: Lester Bradner, jr., J. R. Ensign, W. A. McQuaid, O. H. Richardson, Ferdinand Schwill, H. F. Walker, W. P. Aiken, J. W. Banks, George Coggill, C. F. Kent, W. H. Page, H. L. Reed, E. D. Scott, H. A. Smith...
...gymnasium, Saturday, Penny-packer, '88, won the shot with a put of 34 ft. 9 1 2 in. Bell, '91, won the high jump with 5 ft. 3 3 4 in. to his credit. Hunnewell, '90, and Hale, '91, tied for second...
...ideal newspaper will, in my judgment, print all the news-carefully discriminating, however, ascertained fact from rumor and from conjecture, giving to each subject space and importance in proportion to its just value relatively to other subjects, in the eyes of an intelligent, high-minded and broad minded public, and never considering who or what will be helped or harmed by the publication of the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. The ideal journal's statements of fact will never be colored by prejudice, passion, bombast or humor (so called,) but will be rigorously exact, and will...