Word: hither
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Here in the forest-grown uncultivated lands, English men exiled from home, In the sixteen hundred and thirty-sixth year after Christ's birth, In the sixth year after bringing their colony hither, Thinking that before all else they ought to cultivate wisdom, Founded by act of the people a school, And dedicated to Christ and the church this their foundation, Which being increased by the bounty of John Harvard and by lovers of learning here and abroad continually helped and finally entrusted to the loyal care of its children, From a small beginning brought to a mightier growth...
Nevertheless, I venture to put in my word, in your columns, to Harvard men more especially, and urge all that can do so, to find their way hither in April 1896. It is no doubt an unfortunate time of year for a college man, and especially at Harvard, where I have no doubt that April is now as much the month of extra grinding for the Finals as it was in my days. But there are a number of men who are able to get away - at any rate, a few athletic men could doubtless obtain permission for a five...
...Cambridge to study hard all Saturday. But the more common-sense view to which we are forced is that Ninety-four does not care whether her nine wins or not. It is easier to believe that such is the case when we recollect the support which the class has hither to given its own athletic teams. It is disheartening to urge the necessities of the case upon a class which shows such a willful disregard of them. The freshman class has a chance to show that all these unkind things which we have been saying are untrue; we certainly hope...
...thousand feet, and is the second largest city in Peru. It is here that all their principal instruments are located. A railroad leads from this city up into the Andes, six thousand feet higher, so that when special observations are essential, recourse is had to the latter place and hither most of the instruments may be conveyed, although the larger telescope is never moved from Arequipa. Investigations made here are, conducted with regard-first to the meteorology of the globe, with particular reference to cloudiness and other phenomena affecting the choice of astronomical stations; secondly, to to the fundamental principles...
...made as follows: Professor, adjunct professor, instructor, tutor, assistant. lecturer, curator. The office of lecturer is only temporary, while that of curator, which is entirely new, has been created to fill the want of some scientific man who can give his whole attention to the collections of the college. Hither to it has been the duty of the professor in a department of take care of his collection, and as he has usually had very little time, the duty has devolved upon one of the assistants. Certain regular salaries have been affixed to the different grades...