Word: interest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...University has been extremely fortunate in having been the recipient of a collection of these valuable antiquities presented by Mr. Stephen Salisbury. This new Harvard collection will form one of the subjects of the lectures which should be of the utmost interest to Harvard...
...class teams are already at work, and there is a fair prospect that some good material will be developed. The class of '89 has a good pitcher in Pike. Highlands, '91, is also a good man, but none of the catchers seem able to hold his delivery. The principal interest centers in the freshman-sopho more game; '91 will endeavor to retrieve their defeat at football last fall...
Much enthusiasm was shown on the part of the spectators, both graduates and undergraduates and we hope that the interest will be kept up in the next two meetings...
...study of dialect must always possess a peculiar interest to those interested in the development of spoken language. English, as spoken in America is not characterized by the strongly marked dialects which are observed in the speech of the people in the different parts of England, and yet, in the speech of Americans there exist differences, oftentimes as slight as the mere variation in the pronunciation of some words, which indicate the existence in a more or less advanced stage, of some development of distinct dialects in the spoken language of our country. The dialect stories which have been published...
...collect and publish from time to time material relating to dialects. This material will be collected by the executive committee working through its assistants located in different parts of the country. To accomplish this successfully the circular sent out by the committee says: "It is desired to interest a larger number of persons, so as to investigate the natural and unstudied speech of the people in many different localities. School teachers and clergymen in somewhat isolated communities. or students during their vacation, are in an especially favorable position to render valuable assistance to the work. The society will develop...