Word: old
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...symptoms should be careful, while the nature of their case is uncertain, to keep themselves isolated as much as possible from their friends. Above all, they should be particular about keeping out of card games of all kinds, as playing-cards are the most ready disseminators of germs. The old ideas of contagion, that there was no danger at the beginning, has been done away with and it is now generally acknowledged that the danger is as great then as when the disease is at any advanced stage...
...Old Gymnasium...
Though only thirty-four years old, Mr. Putnam is very highly spoken of by all who have had any chance to estimate his abilities. President Eliot is reported to have declared him one of the best three librarians in the United States, and from Minneapolis the testimony in his favor is especially favorable. The Boston Transcript in commenting editorially upon his appointment, says: "Everything seems to indicate that the new librarian has books in his blood, so to speak, and also the executive ability which is needed by the head of a great library like ours. Mr. Putnam's record...
...completely to justify the change. The former club-table men were called upon to make a sacrifice which meant a great deal to them, and they submitted with excellent grace to what appeared to be the good of the majority. If they cannot help thinking occasionally of the good old times, they have at least the consolation, which should be a real one, of knowing that the new system is one of comparative luxury to the unfortunate members of the old general tables...
...finds occasion for complaint in the lack of support given to the Mott Haven team this year. "Seldom has a Yale athletic team been so severely handicapped by having but a small number of candidates as has the present Mott Haven squad up to this time. Few of the old men have reported, and with the exception of some freshmen, scarcely a new man with any experience has attended the daily practice at the gymnasium. Yale's comparatively recent advance in this branch of athletics is due almost entirely to the faithful work of her teams and coaches...