Word: mannering
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...race with Yale, and as long as Columbia could not manage to row us earlier, it is far better to give up the idea of any race at all. The Columbia men understand our position in this matter thoroughly, and they have treated us in most honorable and gentlemanly manner. We are bound to advocate what is best for Harvard's interests, but at the same time we cannot help feeling a little natural regret at losing such manly adversaries. We hope that a race can be arranged next year at a time which shall be satisfactory to both sides...
...exceed those of last year. The doors of the gymnasium will be opened at one o'clock as usual, in order to avoid a jam, and the first event will be started promptly at two. The entries are here given. The events will come off in the following manner...
...Yale is in the habit of offering prizes, varying in value from $30 to $250 for excellence in essays in both English and the dead languages. This year $250 is offered for the best English essays; $100 for the man who pronounces an English oration in the best manner. For the best specimens of English composition five premiums of $12 each are offered...
...Fewkes then spoke for an hour in an informal manner, avoiding technical terms and trying to interest eve the youngest. He gave a general idea of the habits and functions of the common star-fishes found in Massachusetts Bay and on the New England coast. He then told in simple language how the animals see, and illustrated the appearance of their eyes by drawings. Then he described the way in which a star-fish eats and how he opens the shells of oysters. The various kinds of locomotion were next described and the system of suckers, or ambulacral feet shown...
...vase paintings. These lectures will be held on Thursday, the 23rd, Friday, the 24th of February, and Friday, the 2d of March, in Boylston Hall. The lectures will be copiously illustrated with the stereopticon, and promise to be of very great interest. The subject will be treated in a manner that will appeal very strongly to a cultivated audience, as the lecturer will treat of the Greek vase paintings in their relation to the Homeric poems and the later epics. The literary side and the artistic side of the subject will be treated hand in hand, in a way that...