Word: meant
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...other service in commemoration of Mr. Lowell was originated by Professor Child and took place in Appleton Chapel yesterday afternoon. This was in no way intended to be public, but was meant exclusively for relatives and intimate friends of the Lowell family and for invited guests. It consisted entirely of music which was arranged and conducted under the careful and intelligent supervision of Mr. Locke, the organist and choir master, and Mr. G. L. Osgood of the class, of '66. In addition to the regular chapel choir there was the choir of St. Paul's Church, and both were assisted...
...Story of Our Continent; a Reader in the Geography and Geology of North America for the Use of Schools, is the title o one of Professor Shaler's two new books. It is by no means an uninstructive book for any student, although meant especially for schools It is in the line of advance in study of geography, a wakening an interest in the structure of land and the causes of its various forms which could never be felt in the mere names, boundaries and inhabitants of countries. Such study of itself carries interest into these drier facts, fixing names...
...chairman of the meeting. He briefly stated what was required of he freshmen and urged all candidates to begin work at once. Practice will been in the gymnasium cage at 3 o'clock that afternoon. The following 56 men handed in their names with the positions for which they meant...
...Parliamentary rules are meant to facilitate public business. - (a) By preserving order. - (b) By protecting the rights of the majority as well as of the minority. - (c) By preventing waste of time. - (d) By enabling the legislative body to take up and dispatch business in order of its importance...
...Hill had prepared a chart by which he showed that in France a man could complete a university education at the age of 21, in Germany at 22, and in the United States at 26. By "university education" meant a training in one of the professional school. In Europe the step from the secondary or preparatory schools into the universities is direct, while in the United States there is an intermediate step in the colleges. In this country there are two roads leading from high schools to professional schools, either through or around the college. Very few of the present...