Word: manners
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...England's most prominent scientists proposes the introduction of opium-smoking into England, to take the place of the drinking of spirituous liquors. He shows by statistics that the percentage of insane caused by opium-smoking is much less than that caused by drinking. He proposes in this manner to do away with all poor-houses and insane asylums...
...chorus has been carefully trained, and is composed entirely of persons with well-drilled voices, under the direction of Mr. G. W. Chadwick. The endeavor has been to present the piece in a manner exactly similar to that employed by the college, with only such modifications as are advisable and necessary...
...work during the term, are to be envied. It is a common fault at Harvard for men to neglect the preparation of their daily work, and to depend almost entirely upon an unnatural amount of very hard and concentrated work just before examination. The bad effects of this manner of studying are so obvious, that they scarcely need mention, but to bring freshly before the mind of the student the great mistake made by so many in this direction, we will call attention to one or two of the most prominent evils of this form of procrastination...
...disadvantages of this must present themselves at once to every one. In the first place, the inevitable result of such a manner of carrying on a course is to cause a feeling of dissatisfaction among the students in it; in some way, it seems to disturb the even tenor of the course, for a man, gradually becoming accustomed to a certain way of preparing his lessons, is disconcerted when he finds that this is not at all after the manner of the second instructor. At one recitation he is told to give his special attention to a certain subject, which...
...buildings, especially Weld and Matthews, are wholly incapable of heating the rooms comfortably. It is hard to see why steam heating is not introduced. If this were done, the comfort of occupants of rooms would be greatly enhanced, and it would be much more economical than the present manner. Of course each man would be compelled to pay a certain amount per year, but it would be found much cheaper here in Cambridge where such exorbitant prices are asked for coal...