Word: mention
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...necessary to say a few words about a nuisance that all students are compelled to put up with,-playing a musical instrument out of hours. It would seem almost too obvious a fact to mention that all such performances are most disagreeable to those in the neighborhood of the player's room ; and yet from the blissful unconsciousness with which these musical attempts are continued, it really appears to be necessary to call attention to it. Music, between the regulation hours of three and nine, doubtless "hath charms to soothe the savage breast," but we are forced to say that...
...unacquainted with the college is always more or less in the nature of a guide book, still it is interesting to note at times what impressions a graduate has formed of his own college and also what things strike him as peculiarly characteristic of the college and worthy of mention...
...year are secured to Winchester School at Balliol, ten "Snell" scholarships are given annually to Glasgow University ; at Christ's Church, three each year to Westminister ; at St. John's, fifteen are awarded to Merchant Taylors' School (London) after open examination by Oxford examiners at the school. I could mention many more, but this may suffice. No students pass into the university from these schools without a very searching examination. Let me add, while the school courses are generally six years, candidates are only required to be two years at most of the schools...
...mention in connection with the subject treated in the above editorial that one of the instructors in history at Harvard has entered into correspondence with a professor at Johns Hopkins, endeavoring to make arrangements for co-operation in the work of certain similar classes under each instructor in the writing of theses and the investigation of certain historical topics. It is hoped that by interchanging the results of investigations on both sides more valuable results can be arrived at than otherwise would be the case...
...dollars must be raised to pay expenses. We think it would be a lasting shame to Harvard College and its students if this plan fell through. It would reflect so seriously and prove so completely our indifference when the opportunity is so unusual that we are almost ashamed to mention the possibility of failure...