Word: holding
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Romantic as I am, I was never particularly anxious to die. A dying condition is occasionally interesting, but death itself is altogether too real. Yet this drowsiness, if I could not conquer it, meant nothing less than that reality, and the horrible drug was taking firmer hold every moment. Of a sudden, an idea came to me. I remembered the peculiar effect of a dose of warm water which a friend had once administered to me by way of a practical joke. My candle was burning, and a little tin drinking-cup, full of water, stood beside it. I snatched...
...Ferry of Yale subsequently withdrawn, and on motion of Harvard all amendments to the Constitution deferred till the April meeting. On motion of Mr. Ferry, the Regatta rules were now amended to correspond in the main with those used by the National Rowing Association. Proposition of Yale to hold regatta on the 15th of July amended by Harvard to read the 14th, and carried. A motion in regard to the time of day was tabled...
Having served as President pro tempore for some months in 1845 - 46, after Mr. Quincy's resignation, he was recalled to the office after that of Mr. Sparks in 1853, and continued to hold it for seven years. It is very difficult for one whose whole undergraduate course was passed under his presidency, to convey to his younger brethren an adequate sense of the affectionate respect for his person and the profound trust in his wisdom which were-inspired by every hour of personal intercourse. We felt that we had a real chief; a chief who was proud and happy...
...simply so premature, that our grandchildren will probably be able to laugh at it with us. As to the immediate future of this "Literary Association," we learn that the field of contest is at once to be widened. At the convention held last week it was decided to hold competitive examinations in Greek and Mathematics, and for this purpose the following resolutions were adopted...
...that the taking of notes is with some instructors not of much importance; that they still cling to the habit of hearing a lesson recited, without feeling it of much use to add anything to the words of the text-book. For instance, what other views can an instructor hold who calls each day on a large part of his division to write upon the lesson of the day before, while he proceeds to discuss the lesson of the day with the remainder...