Word: minded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...little boy quietly watched a bee crawling on his hand, till he stopped and stung him, when he sobbed: "I didn't mind its walking about, but when it sat down it hurt awful...
...hear that the girls at Vassar are "rung up" in the morning to see the comet. This at once suggests to our mind the advisability of taking such a step here. Although Harvard generally is at the front in making innovations and introducing customs, we must not let the fact that Vassar anticipated us in this interfere in the least with our taking advantage of such an excellent suggestion. By all means let our friend, Mr. Jones, toll the great bell some fine morning when the clouds will allow the comet to be visible. If our correspondent who objected...
...other articles were purloined, they have exerted themselves to discover the culprits; and that they have generally been successful. Why cannot the umbrella collectors at Memorial be detected as well? Or, if that is impracticable, why cannot a system of checking be introduced, such as the library authorities, ever mindful of the convenience of the students, have long practised? The cost could be but little and the additional peace of mind with which we should eat our humble fare would amply repay us for the slight expense...
...students is no doubt far superior to that of the German universities. It is not only very easy and pleasant, in the better colleges, teachers and students meeting one another almost on equal terms, but it is very stimulating, and possibly does as much for a man's mind as the regular instruction he receives...
James Parton's new lecture is entitled "The Coming Man's Education." It begins: "I have in my mind's eye a glorious university, completely organized and equipped to afford an education such as the future man will be given. It looks not at all like Oxford or Cambridge, or even like Harvard. It looks more like a factory village situated in the midst of a finely cultivated farm of one thousand acres, with beautiful gardens and parks, the whole the centre of a thriving industry such as our factory villages might be, must be, shall and are just going...