Word: parts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...some time, and finally force an undesirable election. The rules recommended on this point have been found effective and just in the elections for three years back at least. Still, as fairness and not time is the primary consideration, the matter is worthy of much thought on the part of members of the class. It might be well to consider individual cases and suspend the rule by a majority vote, where manifest unfairness would follow a strict observance of the rule...
...desiring Deschanell's Physics, any part, should order at once...
...Jennie McGraw Fiske. As a fitting resting-place for her remains, those of her father and of Ezra Cornell, there will be erected a memorial chapel adjoining Sage Chapel. The basement will be a vault for the reception of bodies, and will be entirely without ornament; the upper part will be elaborately finished. Part of the material is already on the spot, and the stone-cutting will be done in the winter, but the mausoleum will not be built till next spring. The new military hall and gymnasium and the physical and chemical laboratory will be completed by the beginning...
...discus were to the Greeks; what cricket is to the English; what base-ball is to Americans; a game that attracted the attention and tried the skill of the bravest warriors, of the most agile athletes. Kings and queens and royal chieftains were wont, even centuries ago, to take part in the sport. We have said that baggatiway was a national game. It was, however, played differently by different nations. The Choctaws played it with two sticks, each about two and a half feet long, with the end about the size of a large spoon. The Sioux played with...
...Those who have become famous on the cinder path, or those who resort to running for exercise, are much more evenly and gracefully developed than those who practice gymnastics, rowing or walking event, for these act only on certain portions of the body, whereas the former calls on all parts alike. Runners are also much more elastic in movement, and their muscles respond with a readiness that is entirely unknown among those who aim at mere strength or the development of a certain part; hence it follows that persons who desire to possess quick, active muscles, a full, rounded evenly...