Word: obtain
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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INSTRUCTOR. Yes! - no - yes! You may obtain at the Library a very good autobiography, written by himself, which...
PROFESSOR AGASSIZ is making arrangements to obtain the services of a distinguished naturalist for those students interested in natural history who propose to elect the course marked Zoology. The name of the gentleman is, for reasons best known to Professor Agassiz, at present withheld. It is sufficient to know that he stands among the first in his profession...
...energy from which they draw were inexhaustible, they overwork the mind by continuous and intense toil; driving through life with an anxious, careworn look, and without consideration, giving themselves up to labor, so that middle age finds them with the work of life accomplished; worn out, and unable to obtain enjoyment from the pleasures which might be theirs. Among one class of students an idea prevails which is productive of no good. Without doubt, honestly feeling that they should improve their time while in college, they conscientiously study when it would be far better to take recreation. If they...
...building devoted to such uses it is evident that good ventilation is of primary importance. Owing to some fault in the structure of our Gymnasium, it is impossible to obtain this except by opening large windows, which expedient renders the centre of the building too cold, while it fails to ventilate the dressing-rooms at all. Another convenience, and one which is considered indispensable to all modern gymnasiums, would be supplied by the introduction of bath-rooms...
...often been remarked by persons of observation and experience, when speaking of those who are called popular men in college, that they obtain their position by "being politic," that is, by seizing all opportunities of insinuating themselves into the good graces of their companions, embracing all occasions of placing themselves prominently forward, and perhaps by treading over the timid and cautious and by assuming a right and power, which is yielded to them, not because they have any claims to what they assume, but because others have not the courage nor inclination to dispute or compete with them...