Word: lining
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...strolled in; this was a Catholic institution. A jovial old padre, whose profile slightly exaggerated Hogarth's line of beauty, was absorbed in a new French breviary, and lit up every letter on the page by the radiance of his smiles...
...best. With the Elective System and large classes, a man soon loses his class identity; but in after-life it is by this, more than by anything else, that he is remembered by his college contemporaries, so that these contests, which for a time at least draw a sharp line of distinction between the classes, serve a very good purpose...
...York to participate in the sports of the Columbia Athletic Club. We give them our best wishes for their success. Two events have been added since the programme was published, - a tug-of-war between picked teams from the crew of the steamer City of Chester, of the Inman Line, and a chase by the Columbia College Hare and Hounds Club in full uniform. The four-mile walk (go as you please) promises to be the great event of the occasion. The entries from Columbia have been very large...
...dress calculated to discourage the beginner, but also the knowledge of advanced mathematics which seems to be required would strike terror into the heart of any one but a Peirce. "The measurement shall be from the nearest break of the ground made by the ball, perpendicularly to the scratch line, extended, if necessary, to meet this perpendicular." We see now the wisdom of the provision in regard to honorary members. The Executive Committee doubtless intend to elect the Professor of Surveying an honorary member, with the special duty of performing this difficult mathematical feat. We would also suggest that...
...President. The writer of this article boldly claims that the present scholarships are not charities. If it can be shown that they are not, there is nothing more to be said; but it is so plain that they are that even President Eliot has rather given up this line of argument. As long as the Catalogue says, "None but those who need assistance are expected to apply," it will be hard to convince the average intelligence that money given in so-called scholarships is not a charity. The arguments of "T." on this point are somewhat plausible, but they seem...