Word: often
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...student cannot get along in any branch of science now-a-days without a working knowledge of the former language. Moreover, why should not the students at large have equal opportunities to listen to evening lectures on Goethe, Schiller, Herder and Heine, as well as those given so often on the representative authors of France? Will not the authorities take immediate measures to improve so important a department as is the German department. It should be raised at once to a level with the other departments which bring credit to our university, instead of being allowed to linger...
...some one will not be coming out and so slam the door in our face. This is especially grievous, as the two steps in front of the door give an impetus to the push which the goer-out gives to the door, preparatory to jumping down these steps, and often cause the goer-in to experience the spicy relish of being knocked over backwards. It seems as if a change in the direction in which the doors swing would obviate the annoyance. But certainly glass panes ought to be placed in the doors, so that opposing faces might see each...
...freshman nine play at Exeter to-day. We have already endeavored to impress upon the minds of the members of the nine that the fact that a man wears the crimson often does not suffice to assure him the victory. Hard work and university pride, however, ought so to nerve each player in his work to-day that success will be certain. Each man may rest assured that the eyes of the whole college are upon him, and will gladly greet in each case work that is only befitting a wearer as well of the university as of the freshman...
...history should be not so much to make men acquainted with the events which are happening before their eyes. as to enable them to read newspapers and periodicals with understanding. It is comparatively easy to have a fair knowledge of what is happening in the world, but it is often quite difficult to know the significance of those events, or to understand the great questions which agitate the public mind. It would therefore be valuable to all if some instructors would give a few lectures on the most important events and questions which are being discussed in the newspapers...
...training of the declaimers. The gesticulation, on the whole, was crude, but in some cases it was remarkable rather for its finish than for its aptness. The carriage of the majority of speakers on the platform, evidenced a serious lack of ease. The movements that were made were too often jerky. At times the stiffness of the whole action of the speaker detracted seriously from the spontaneity of the rendering. The competition, as a whole, was superior to that of last year, and equalled any that has been held during the past few years. The good effects of the work...