Word: parts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...chief type of chairs and desks we have in University, and these represent the highest point our faculty has got in the evolution from the primitive seats of our "arboreal ancestors." They are, for the most part, cheap wooden chairs, constructed with an entire disregard of the curves and angles of the human frame, and placed behind a sort of toad-stool formed of an iron upright and a small square of black walnut. This toad-stool desk gives no opportunity for comfort in writing, as it is not large enough to support the elbow and note-book...
...incidents which enliven the otherwise weary round of lecture-going. Now and then they give way all at once like the "famous one horse shay," sending the heels of the occupant high in the air and giving his cerebral system a violent shock. Some of them go to pieces, part by part, like an old wreck; first the arms, then the back, and finally one by one the legs fade away. Some of these noble old chairs are ruthlessly pulled apart by wanton freshmen, who in no wise regard antiquities, being so recent themselves...
This year attention has been drawn to a change in our curriculum. Two new courses, Political Economy X and History XX, have been established, wholly or in large part as experiments, which are important because they introduce into undergraduate work an entirely different method of study from that hitherto pursued. These courses are open only to graduates and to 'undergraduates of high rank or special promise,' and are intended to afford an opportunity for the special investigation of topics under the guidance of an instructor...
...object the construction of a big sloop from designs made by Phil. Elsworth, whose success in the past warrants the belief that he can turn out a vessel capable of defending the America Cup from the cutter Galatea during the coming season. It is stated that the greater part of the money required to build the boat has been already subscribed and that she will be called the Atlantic...
...Whiskey. They vary greatly in strength, but the average may be put at 50 per cent. Brandy is made from wine, Whiskey from grain, wheat and rye; Rum is made from molasses. Dyspepsia is one of the most common accompaniments by the use of alcohol, due in part to congestion and inflammation of the stomach. Alcohol diminishes the secretion of gastric-juice. In St. Martin it was noticed that alcohol caused the blood to ooze from the lining of the stomach. The liver is affected as are also the intestines. One ounce of alcohol is equal to two ounces...