Word: manners
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Professor Cooke is a universal favorite, and a large and appreciative audience assembled in Upper Boylston Hall last evening to hear his third lecture on Italian cities. The subject was "Rome," and it was treated in an instructive and entertaining manner...
Reinhold's Overture in A, the first number, had been given in Boston lately, and is the subject of much praise. The movement is delicate but marked, with two principal themes, which are worked out in an extended manner, showing a novel use of brass and wood-wind...
...most of the articles contributed to the Monthly, but it is worthy of space in the magazine. It is a serious story of human life. The writer depicts with great sincerity the awful influence disappointments and Jesertion may exert upon human passion. The tale is told in a simple manner and the artistic effect is increased by a careful avoidance of all vulgarity...
...gentleman. Some things are best perceived through their influence upon the objects about them. We know that there is a fog on account of the obscurity which it casts about all objects sensible to the vision; so we may perceive the evil of competitive examinations by the manner in which they dim the keenness of the moral perceptions of those affected by them. The mind will not be broadened by an education which is built on the competitive examination system; rather, it will be narrowed by the most superficial and selfish ambition-the rank-list. Knowledge is no longer sought...
...present status of philosophical thought, and cannot fail to attract a well-de-served attention among the students at large. Prof. Goodale is one of the most entertaining speakers in the University, and in view of the position he occupies cannot fail to treat his subject in a masterly manner. Those who are interested in one of the foremost philosophical questions of the day, are earnestly urged to make use of this opportunity to hear it competently and pleasingly discussed...