Word: parteing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...this point of affairs some one knocked at the door. This gave the youthful part of the Faculty an opportunity of giving vent to their feelings in the touching song, "Stop that knocking at the door." After having sung this with the customary stamping on the floor, the door was opened, and in came one of the clerks of the University Bookstore, with a little red book in his hand, which he proceeded to explain was a work just published, on a new and very interesting subject, - Political Economy. He wished to call the attention of the Faculty...
Greek grammar, which was formerly part of the course for the Middle year, is now among the studies of the Junior; and Latin grammar, formerly in the Junior year, is now in the Preparatory. The work of the first three years is so arranged as to prepare the student for the partial examination at Harvard...
...Part thy lips in a sorrowful peace...
...present offered the name of a graduate of their respective colleges, and, by a marking list, the three finally elected were, Mr. Grinnel Willis of Harvard, Mr. C. H. Ferry of Yale, and Mr. J. B. Thomas of Wesleyan. If there is any unwillingness on the part of the above gentlemen to serve, others will be appointed in their stead. The position is a very important one; the entire management of the regatta will devolve upon them, and for anything and everything which goes wrong they alone will be responsible...
...course is almost perfect. At the start there is a width of over a mile, and, at the finish, of thirteen hundred feet; thus, at no part, could even the wildest steering possibly cause a foul. The water is reported to be clear of all weeds and grasses, and also very deep, even close to the shore. A road follows the lake on one side, near the bank, and on the other the ground is so high that a view of the course can be had from almost any position. At the finish the banks form an amphitheatre, from which...