Word: minded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...shell when he cannot swim is running a very great risk. Every one recollects the accident that happened to the '83 crew last spring. In that boat there were several men who could not swim, and, had not the other members of the crew preserved their presence of mind and relieved the boat of their weight, the result might have been very serious. In view of these facts we think that a swimming bath would indeed supply "a long-felt want," as there is at present no available place to learn this art in Cambridge...
...This ignoring of girls is a curious phase in the development of the masculine mind. There would almost seem to be a polaric relation between the sexes; a magnetic attraction or repulsion, which varies with different ages as a magnet itself varies with the spots on the sun. Thus, from infancy to youth, boys run away from girls. From youth to marriage, girls run away from boys. After marriage, they run away from each other...
...commend the instruction received by the young mind of the writer of the above, as shown in his closing sentence. More of such instruction carefully taken in by our young friend will explain to him the difference in the tone of the remarks in exchanges and outside papers when referring respectively to Harvard and Yale...
...would not complain of having no instruction in German notes. He would know that the last hour the class met was all spent by the instructor in an admirable translation of some puzzling foot-notes. Besides, if the German weighs so heavily on him, he should bear in mind that Classen's is not the only edition of Thucydides, and that no special interdict has been proclaimed against English editions. In fact, I would advise the gentleman to get Scribner's text and a "trot...
...first of a series of fifteen lectures on the "History and Methods of Classical Study," will be given by Prof. Allen on Saturday, Oct. 6, at 11 A. M. in Sever 14. These lectures are meant primarily for the guidance of those who have in mind a somewhat extended course of study in Greek and Latin Classics. They are open to all students who take any Greek or Latin courses...