Word: particularity
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...given to him in print. At that time, he was obliged to procure it for himself, and as paper was scarce, it is likely that the body of the pamphlet was sometimes handed down from one generation to another, and constituted a kind of transmittendum." This particular copy appears to have belonged to Jonathan Mitchell, a graduate of 1687, on his admission as a freshman...
...made up of a number of engravings and paintings which belong to the Fine Arts Department and of others loaned from private collections, and they all will amply repay half an hour's inspection. Some of the sketches by Turner, as well as the copies by Ward, are of particular interest, being highly characteristic of the dashing style of the author, and to those who have never seen his larger works, they will prove a valuable supplement to the courses in fine arts, which they may have followed here. Among other notable sketches are some studies by Ruskin...
...charge is made that a new and gorgeous gambling-house has been opened in Boston, designed by its keeper to answer the particular requirements of Harvard College students. The selfish interest of the college alone would seem to require the immediate closing of that particular gambling-house by the police. There is a new college year to begin in a few months. - [N. Y. Tribune...
...mastery of minute features of the language, so that one finds, even after considerable study, that although he may have become quite intimate with some of the minor characteristics of German, he possesses, however, but very little familiarity with the language. The correct translation of a noch in a particular passage of Mr. So-and-So's writings does not contribute very much to a person's general knowledge of German...
EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: Would it not be to the benefit of the students at large, and a stimulus to the seniors in particular, if hereafter all commencement parts were read in public instead of before a committee? Out of twenty-five who read their parts but about six are to be chosen to read them on Commencement Day. Many of those who are not of "the chosen few" had very able productions, well worth the hearing for the careful study which they showed and for the candor and liberality of their views. Moreover we think it a very different thing...