Word: idea
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...idea of "arm pads" which were used by Columbia in the tug-of-war on Saturday originated at Yale...
...wish to protest on the part of the students against the present system of hour examinations. Such examinations are perhaps useful in moderation, and especially so in elementary and large courses where the instructor can not form a definite idea of the work done by the men in the course. At no time have hour examinations, special reports and theses been so numerous as at present, at the end of the term, and it is against what we think to be an abuse of this feature of our college work that we wish to speak...
...cuneiform script was employed by several nations in western Asia, including the Babylonians and Assyrians, the Armenians, the Cappadocians, and the Persians. It was at first a picture writing, like the Egyptians and the Chinese. Each sign stood for an object or idea. By a development some of the signs came to stand for syllables. Beyond this the Babylonians refused to go, but the Persians, on adopting the script, rejected most of the signs and reduced the rest to an alphabet of about forty-six letters. The place and date of the origin of the script are unknown. The oldest...
...Love and Duty" by R. W. Hale, is good. There is much that is conventional in the plot, but the central idea of the story, the struggle between the heart and the head, is worked out in an effective...
...dinner of the editors of the four college papers was held at the Boston Tavern last night. The idea of collecting the editors together was for the purpose of talking over the most feasible plans for serving the best interests of each paper, and of elevating the position which journalism holds in the college community. The president of the evening was Mr. G. P. Warder, of the Advocate; toastmaster, Mr. J. P. Denison, of the Lampoon; orator, Mr. F. C. Cobb, of the CRIMSON; poet, Mr. H. T. Parker, of the Monthly, and chorister, Mr. R. E. Faulkner...