Word: lowing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...there shall always be Chocolate, Tea, Coffee, and Milk, for Breakfast, with Bread, or Biscuit, and Butter, and whereas the foreign Articles above mentioned are now not to be procured without great difficulty, and at a very exorbitant Price; therefore that the Charge of Commons may be kept as low as possible...
...dynasty is thus omitted; in France, we lose the important reign of Louis XI., the period of the struggle with Burgundy, and of the final consolidation of the kingdom, the reign of Francis I., and the religious wars. In Germany, we lose Luther and the whole Reformation; in the Low Countries, the tyranny of Philip II. and the rise of the Dutch Republic. To suppose that a student will carefully study this period by himself is expecting rather too much; indeed, to study it thoroughly without the help of an instructor would be, for most of us, exceedingly difficult...
...sufficient to carry a man through his entire course, while more remarkable exhibitions of scholarly attainment should be reserved for the honor papers. This Freshman paper in Geometry, however, is a long succession of mathematical puzzles; and we are informed that the scale of marks has been so low that nearly one hundred members of the class are in imminent danger of conditions. We are bound to express our surprise that the number is so small, and to utter a remonstrance against an excess of rigor which can only be explained by the supposition of inexperience on the part...
Seems their converse low and dark...
...directors of the Harvard Cricket Club have taken measures to procure an appropriate "shingle" with seal for the members of the Club. The initiation fee has been placed at the low sum of one dollar, and a book has been opened at Richardson's to receive the names of subscribers...