Word: maye
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...novel and most important feature of the telescope is the mirror. This is polsed or hinged so that it may be set at whatever angle is necessary for reflecting the object of study into the telescope field; but there is this strict limit of the range of observation, that the object must be at or near to meridian. For the contemplated uses of the instrument this limitation is not regarded as a disadvantage, as the meridian position of an object is always best for observation because there the atmospheric obstruction is least. By varying the angle at which the mirror...
...requisite that the date of at least one of the games should be settled as soon as practicable. It is unfortunate that neither of the dates that Yale has given can be accepted by Harvard; and since it is for the interest of both teams that the dates may be arranged soon, we would urge immediate action on Harvard's part, and for an equally prompt decision by Yale...
...Quest in the North American Review is shown to contain untrue statements. Our information also shows it was an extremely sensational article and that the class of men which it describes is very much smaller than a person from reading it would infer. At Harvard, on every hand, may be found abundance of brain, talent, moral and intellectual earnestness. And the nature of the instruction given is calculated rather to draw men out rather than to 'cram' knowledge into them...
...There is here also, unusual vigor of religious life. The students are interested in the chapel services and every day on the campus, in the street and at Memorial Hall they may be heard speaking of the helpful words of the Rev. Phillips Brooks, the Rev. Dr. Gordon and other preachers of the University. I have just seen a graduate of a well-known theological seminary. In the divinity department at Harvard, he says that the tone of the conversations and the general bearing of the students are cleaner and more elevated than has been the case at seminaries where...
Trusting that the proposed games may prove most practical...