Word: kindness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...source of great disappointment to Mr. Agassiz that he was unable to join the ship "Albatross" of the U. S. Fish Commission and investigate the fauna of the western coast of Panama, as he had previously that of the eastern coast. The commander of the "Albatross" was kind enough to allow Dr. Agassiz to avail himself of a large part of the ship's collection so that he might compare the fauna of the western and eastern coasts of the Isthmus...
...indoor athletic meeting of the N. A. A. A. A. on March 2 will be the greatest meeting of the kind ever held. Columbia College alone sends fifty entries and the Atherton Athletic Club sends six hundred. Holders of English, Irish, Canadian, American and intercollegiate championships will compete...
...third edition of the Alumni Records of Wesleyan has just been published and is the fullest work of the kind which has ever appeared. Not only is the name, time of birth and death of the student given, but his place of birth, where he prepared for college, his class and rank in college, his subsequent career, and if the man is dead, the place of his death, and the name and address of a near relative. It also states his honors and degrees, if any, and if the man has married, when, where, and to whom, number of children...
...small workshop has been fitted up. However, as quite a number of men have signified their intention of taking a course or two in the workshop, it will be necessary to build a large workshop very soon. The present workshop of the physical laboratory is excellent in its kind. It is fitted up with very fine instruments and tools, but is open only to those who have had some experience in handling fine instruments. It is therefore useless for the course of electrical engineering, as its workshop must be a place for training from the very beginning...
...first concert of the Kneisel Quartet was given in Sever last evening. The audience which moderately filled the room was composed almost entirely of Cambridge people-a fact which indicates how little our students appreciate this opportunity to hear music unsurpassed of its kind. Prof. Paine announced at the opening of the concert that Mr. Giese had been disabled by an accident and that his place would be filled by Mr. Loeffler. The other members of the quartet were Messrs. Kneisel, Roth, and Svecenski. The programme was as follows...