Word: late
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Saturday hours in German 1 have of late been made very interesting by short talks on the life of Bismark by Dr. Francke...
...months at Phillips academy, Exeter, under the bunion of Dr. Benjamin Abbot. He mastered the principles and philosophy of the English grammar in less than four months, when he immediately commenced the study of the Latin language, and his first lessons in that study were recited to the late Joseph Back-minister, who was at that time a tutor in the academy. Here he was first called upon to "speak in public on the stage," and the effort was a complete failure; for the moment he began he became embarrassed and burst into tears. His antipathy to public declamation...
...kindly words of remonstrance to some persons recently arrived at college, who have not yet "learned the ropes." Be it known to them, that all persons studying in the alcoves of the library, have an intense curiosity to hear whatever is said in their neighborhood. Now some of the late arrivals have not yet acquired the courage to converse loud enough in the reading room to be distinctly heard. They communicate with each other in an audible murmur, which arouses the curiosity and interferes with the work of everybody near them, but gratifies the curiosity of no one. Consequently, there...
...club done toward establishing rifle practice this year? Early last spring, if we are not mistaken, some attempts were made to arrange a match between the two colleges, but the Yale club, in response to the propositions made, replied very justly that it was then too late in the season to get a team into anything like form. If a match is to be shot this year, and we hope one will be arranged, it is time to begin negotiations now, since if the matter is deferred longer, either the Yale club or our own men will find themselves unprepared...
...contributions and bequests are regularly made for running expenses. How much this loss of the temporary endowment is, can be realized when it is stated that as a result five of the assistant now employed will have to be dismissed. Among the recent gifts were $5000 from the late Thomas G. Appleton of Boston, and L25 from a learned Englishman of Sunderland, Eng, and many valuable astronomical photograph from astronomers...