Word: often
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...learn much from the worst and stupidest professional is a truth which no one can gainsay. Yet it was a rare comfort last evening to find that every member of the large cast really knew what he was talking about. This is a feeling that one does not often experience in the face of the professional stage. Everything that was done was governed by evident intelligence; the gestures, if not always graceful and forcible, were generally appropriate and had some meaning. In the reading of the lines, the ear was very seldom shocked by that false emphasis which...
...good results are to be won. Much more depends upon physical condition than on the possession of a few extra facts. We think, therefore, that, since the temptation to "cram" just before examinations is too strong even for the most sensible persons, and since such hard work before examination often injures more than it helps, the new rule is perhaps for the best interests of the students...
...most striking merits of the performance. Perhaps the most noticeable fault was the indistinct enunciation of some of the characters who, in their endeavors to disguise their natural voices, lost distinctness at times in their delivery. The acting was unconstrained and showed a certain ease and naturalness not often found among amateur performers. The mob was almost perfect, rivalling any rabble which has been seen at the theatres for years; Mr. Hutchins as second citizen deserves especial mention...
...never dull and which increases in its power of discomfort as time goes on. The troubles arising from the increasing advent of the "mucker" element have never assumed such proportions as at the present. Every form of this much agitated question has been discussed again and again. And as often the college authorities have refused to take any notice of the matter. But it is at last time that some action should be taken, if not by the faclty, at least by the students themselves, when the omnipresent pest makes itself at home upon our tennis courts and deliberately engages...
...Botany, and in place of the Hebrew, a course in elementary Fine Art where "practice in Drawing, including the use of water-colors, forms a considerable part of the work." That many men select such courses is not hard for anyone to believe who has seen the great skill often exhibited in the choice of easy subjects in other colleges. That it is practised in notorious...