Word: mass
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...there is not this material, we can never do much with what we borrow. A fellow need not necessarily confine himself to Adirondack deer hunts and the like; but almost any ordinary series of events may be idealized into something worth printing. We must take out of the mass of ephemeral, and comparatively insignificant happenings, the things lasting and significant. In other words, we must put into our work the touches of nature which make our characters alive, and not cunningly painted figures. These touches, which alone give worth to a sketch, show man as he is, and always...
...periodical discussion as to how the expense of a college course nowadays compared with the cost a generation ago, has been started afresh by some talk on the subject at a recent reunion of the Yale alumni in Springfield, Mass. The great difficulty about reaching a just conclusion is the lack of sufficient trustworthy data. Startling stories are told as to the extravagant sums which are spent by rich youths at New Haven or Cambridge, and listeners at once jump to the conclusion that only millionaires can foot the bills of a student at Harvard or Yale. Even the average...
...SOCIETY. - Special meeting, Wednesday, Jan. 6th, at 7.30 p.m. in Mass. 2. Communication by Mr. T. W. Harris, entitled "A Geological Trip Through the Taconic Mountains...
NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY.- Business meeting, Wednesday, Dec. 15th at 7.30 p. m. in Mass. 2. Illustrated communication by Mr. Roland Thaxter, '82, entitled "Notes on Certain Boring Lepidoptera." Members of the university interested in Entomology are invited to attend...
...SOCIETY. Meeting in Mass. 2 this Thursday evening at 7.30 p.m. Communication - Geological Sketch of Mt. Desert, by W. C. Appleton, '87. Members of the university not belonging to the society are invited to attend...