Word: idea
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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This building cost about $200,000 has a seating capacity of over 1100, and as the proposed alterations are to be made for the purpose of increasing this capacity, it would seem that the idea in the last President's Report suggesting the erection of a new building has been given...
...planets are of small dimension relative to the great distances, and the sun preponderates. They move independent as it were, the perturbations being almost imperceptible. The ancients had a general idea of the attraction of the heavenly bodies. Their speculations about the orbils were not correct. With the revival of learning in the middle ages came a renewed attention to the investigation of astronomy. Copernicus, Tycho and Kepler were the foremost students. Copernicus renewed the rejected idea that the sun was the centre of the system of planets. Tycho, a rich nobleman in Denmark, established the first observatory. Kepler investigated...
...really devote more time to religion than at any other time of the year, and in general churchmen are not very demonstrative about religious matters. The first and most important work for us to do is to strengthen and broaden our own characters, for, though this seems a selfish idea, no man can help others to be strong until he is himself a broad, strong...
...Western Idea of Athletics...
...pamphlet published by Mr. Bolles on "Students' Expenses" at Harvard will be a revelation to those who have the false idea that Harvard is the place for the rich man's son alone. Year by year the rich man's son alone. Year by Year the opportunity is increasing for earnest, intelligent men to work their way through college. The different help associations here are becoming more and more effective. They serve not to bolster a man through his college course but to open the ways for him whereby he can help himself. They bridge over the hard times...