Word: movement
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...NATURAL HISTORY 4. Geology," &c., as above. "The two-hour course will consist of lectures, in which will be explained the formation of the beds of rock on the earth's surface; formation of glaciers and the theories of their movement; volcanoes, their source and causes," &c., &c., in detail. "The third hour of the course will be devoted, while the mild weather lasts, to work in the various quarries near Cambridge. This work will consist of collecting specimens, drawing maps, &c. During the cold weather, the work will be in drawing models of various sections of the country...
...MOVEMENT is on foot among the New England colleges to have, as near as possible, uniformity in the requisition for admission. This is done for the benefit of the fitting schools...
...forest and the misty waterfall; to the flowers, the rocks, and the trees. They were her companions, her teachers, her world. In them she lost all thought of self, and therefore she was natural. It is true that 'there is real grace in ease of manner,' and her every movement was beautiful. We find elegance in the wilderness sometimes, as well as in drawing-rooms. The backwoods girl was a lady. Not all the wildness of rough swamp or grim shaggy mountain could make her spirit other than a gentle one. Nature made her in the mood in which...
...indication of the choice of the University in this matter may be effective in securing the nomination of some man who is a type of the best American citizen. At any rate, it can do no harm. The gentleman in charge of the polls is a proof that the movement is not one of idle curiosity, but of earnest purpose, and we hope that every student will feel it incumbent upon him to vote...