Word: manner
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...songs are all sung in the gravest manner, the songs of thanksgiving differing from those of sorrow only in the syllables used. In time of battle the squaws think that their chants have some telepathic power and that the braves hear them and become more courageous. They have no songs which are sung for amusement alone. They are all serious ones which are sung at their ceremonies, when divine aid is desired or when they are thankful for something. The Indians never have two verses set to one tune. Each song has some particular significance to them and they could...
DEAR SIRS:- By the will of the late Mrs. Mary Hemenway, her trustees are authorized to dispose of her collections of archaeological, historical and educational objects and relics in their discretion, but always in such manner as they shall deem best calculated to promote and assist in the study of history and archaeology...
...arisen in recent years in relation to the accommodation of students at Harvard none have been of more importance-and we are inclined to believe that none have been of as much importance-as the problem which is presented by the over-crowded condition of Memorial Hall. In what manner the increasing number of students is to secure good board at a moderate price is not plain; in fact, it looks today as if, after Memorial had reached its limit, no provision would be made by the University authorities for the students still unaccommodated...
...Still further, this same feeling is carried into the very life of the oarsmen. The crews mingle at Putney in a thoroughly delightful manner, exchanging social amenities at quarters, and on occasion following one another about the river in the coaching launch. There are no spying substitutes sent out to return with tales that neither deteriorate the form of the watched nor improve that of the watcher...
...purpose were not too sweeping, whether the vote of the Corporation besides accomplishing its intention will not also cause considerable loss. There is a political party meeting of a character which we regret to see abolished,- the meeting in which the speakers, although strong partisans, explain in a delightful manner the principles and ideals of their party. The audiences which Harvard affords wishes not for flourishes but reasons, and in adapting themselves to this wish the speakers give such discussions of public questions as are not to be heard elsewhere. There have been meeting of this kind and there ought...