Word: interests
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Yale Fall Races are to take place at Saltonstall Lake, October 11. Boating is entered into with unusual interest this Fall...
After a prayer by Dr. Peabody, the oration was given by Mr. Simmons. It was listened to with evident attention and interest by the audience, which attention and interest the effort certainly deserved. The choice of poet and of odist by the graduating class was not less judicious than that of orator, for both Mr. Grant's poem and Mr. Jackson's ode were fully up to the Class-Day standard. The exercises at the Church were interspersed with musical selections by the Germania Band, which, though undoubtedly fine, were too long for the occasion. It was not a concert...
...indiscriminate acquaintance which many feel forced to maintain among "recent publications" deprives reading of its pleasure, and makes it for them a task; and no wonder, for who can feel any pleasure in turning the leaves of a book in which he feels no interest? One should read only as inclination leads him, for the mere skimming over a book as a task will do him but little good; if he satisfy that curiosity which leads to the study of a limited number of books, it will be of more advantage to him as an aid in the acquisition...
...largest of our inland seas is a beautiful island, far remote from the mainland, - rich in its mineral treasures. There is a story clinging to it, which gives to its wild, picturesque beauty a sad interest. A young chieftain with his bride was borne there one early springtime, to guard the property during the summer. They were accompanied by their trusty dog only, and were to be taken away in the early autumn; but were forgotten, until too late to reach them...
...narrow-minded, and is suspected of seeking to cloak his own real ideas in wordy, philanthropic expression as to the necessities of the times! The students at Harvard have had much to stand from those cavillers who have made aspersions as to their want of religious ardor or interest, but in this respect, we think that the student of to-day is in no worse condition than his grandfather of the preceding century. There seems to have been in all times a disposition to rail at collegians for inattention to public devotion. The students need live teaching and preaching...