Word: particularity
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...BRINE, 10 and 11 Harvard Row, respectfully calls your attention to his well-selected stock of Dress Shirts and Scotch Cambric Dress Ties. A large line of English Cheviots. Particular attention is given to special orders...
...draughts which come from the windows in the gallery. When these are left open, cold currents of air rush in on the unprotected backs of unfortunate listeners. The third subject needing attention is the noise which regularly proceeds from a knot of small boys who select with particular care seats near the choir. This is done with the intention of distracting the attention of the choir boys by winking at them and keeping up a perpetual flow of talking and whispering. These boys should be taught to be quiet or be excluded from the chapel...
...tired of urging under-classmen to take some interest in the college, and to do something but loaf their leisure away; and most tired of pointing out that the interest of the college at large is the interest of every particular student...
...principle is an excellent one that the young man should labor to strengthen his weak points rather than to develop indefinitely his stronger ones. We do not know that it is desirable that young men should aspire to be 'record breakers' in particular sports. It seems to us better that they should be moderately good in all; but we recognize while human nature is what it is, that many will aspire to special excellence. It would be a curious problem in experimental mechanics to decide just how a man should be built to use his strength to the greatest advantage...
...work is under the personal supervision of the founder, who devotes his entire time and attention to the welfare of the college. It is his intention to found this college after the method of the old European universities, although it will be modeled on the plan of no particular one. There will be a board of corporators, consisting of nine persons, who will have control of the funds, choice of instructors, etc. They will assist the founder in carrying out the plans already conceived by him, but will be free to perfect plans of their own. Many applications for positions...