Word: making
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...clearness and simplicity. The arrangement of the new grammar differs radically from that which is usually adopted in such works. The four conjugations are here printed side by side on the same page to enable the student to compare them and note the general similarity. Such an innovation must make the path of the Latin student far smoother than it used to be. A certain amount of system is also introduced into the chaotic third declension, by grouping the consonant stems simply according to their behavior to the letters, and by presenting the i stems in progressive series, thus greatly...
Within the past two or three years several expeditions have been sent from Harvard to various parts of the continent with the purpose of making a special study of one or more of the heavenly bodies. Of all these expeditions none have been more signally successful than the expedition sent to California in December of last year to make observations of the sun's eclipse which occurred on January 1. The party was under the charge of Professor William H. Pickering, and to him must be given much of the praise which is due the remarkable success attending the efforts...
...preclude the ability to study thoroughly the first filaments of its composition, and to resolve them with any degree of success into their elements. Therefore, scientific scholars will hail with enthusiasm the results which have been obtained at an expense of so much time and labor, and which will make it possible for them to pursue their researches intelligently and to have some solid foundation for many explanations which, up to this time, have been hardly more than conjectures...
...water. We cannot commend too highly the energy of the boat club in its endeavors to further the interests of the crew, and we can only urge the college at large firmly to support these efforts. Every possible means should be put at the disposal of the crew to make their training successful, and the active co-operation of the students will go far towards the success of the eight next spring. With the rowing tank, the new float, the courtesies of the Shawmut Boat Club, and the energy displayed by the captain of the crew, Harvard may certainly...
PACH BROS. have been appointed class photographers for '89. Seniors will please make appointments for sittings at the studio at their earliest conventience, as it is very desirable to have the work done as soon as possible...