Word: kind
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...sand-stone slab which forms a kind of balustrade to the steps at the entrance to Harvard Hall, the society intends to have an inscription cut at once. It will contain the name of the Hall and the dates of its erection and the dates of the erection and destruction of the two buildings which had before been located on the site of the present hall...
...musical department of Yale has just instituted a permanent feature in a symphony orchestra, the first of the kind organized in any university in the country. The orchestra, which includes about 40 of the best musicians, affords the pupils of the school an excellent opportunity for having their own compositions played. The faculty has voted a special appropriation of $1 500 for carrying out these plans. Hereafter certificates of proficiency in music, similar to academic diplomas, will probably be given to graduates of this department...
This is practically the first lecture of the kind that has been given at Harvard...
...seems to me that a student will get from this experience, some Italian, certainly some ideas of how the Italians pronounce their language, some knowledge of human nature, especially of this new kind of human nature which is coming to us in such shoals, and some training in the art of teaching. He will find the men very cordial, and if he is the right sort of fellow they will soon become very much attached to him, and very grateful for what he does for them...
...backs and ends are being in structed in a new kind of interference to be used in the game with Harvard. The team holds secret practice for a part of each afternoon. The play for the most part in the open practice has been quick and snappy, but fumbles are frequent...