Word: needful
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...reading man wants to have his library well stocked on his "hobby," but yet not entirely deficient in everything else. When we study one thing excessively we need relaxation, or sad consequences will ensue. One poor man read too much Gibbon, and he is now in a "decline...
...dinners are unhealthy; that the time from 2 to 4 is gained at the expense of that from 6 to 8, and, by the change, hard students, to do their three hours' work in the evening, are forced to sit up till eleven; and, finally, that there would be need of more gas at the Hall, and that more meat would be required at lunch than is now needed at tea, in consequence of which the fare would not be so good. Of course, some of these questions can be argued, but the upholders and opposers of the proposition seem...
...hold with regard to the fundamental instruction like that now given to one class, and which might well be extended to the others, - instruction, we mean, in ordinary reading, in which we are notably slack, and instruction in the cultivation of the voice. It is in these that we need not only what we have, but more. We should have not only a course for the last class, but for all, - a course, or a series of courses, which shall not be just thorough enough to make us wish that it was more perfect, but one which shall develop...
...matter of dark entries is becoming serious, and demands the attention of the College authorities. Now, when it becomes dark so early, the dormitory entries need lights much earlier; yet we are left to grope and stumble through them till long after every breakneck combination of circumstances has been repeatedly stumbled over, and profanity has become fashionable. We look for a change for the better in this matter, and trust that it will not have to be effected through the College circumlocution office...
...Brunonian in its new form, and a very bright and well-appearing paper it is. It adheres to the plan of printing a longer and more pretentious story than is usual in college papers; but if the attempt is always as successful as in the present number, the Brunonian need print no shorter pieces. The editorial articles are evidently interesting to the students of Brown, and in keeping with the local character of the paper...