Word: peculiarity
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Fenollosa has a very valuable and interesting article on "Chinese and Japanese Traits." Not long ago he returned from a long visit in these two countries, and his observations are the result of careful and intelligent investigation of a subject of peculiar interest...
...death of a member of the University always appeals with peculiar sadness to the rest of the college, and when a man is one who has become prominent in the life of the college, and has done a distinct service for his Harvard, the blow comes home all the harder. But it is not so much the college distinction which Harold Battelle has gained that makes his death such a matter of personal sorrow to the members of the college, as it is his own lovable nature which made his friends so fond of him. Everyone who knew Battelle...
...everyone who imagined that Harvard was to prove an easy winner over Yale in the second meeting of the University Track Athletic Association yesterday afternoon at New Haven, the old adage, "There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip," must recur as possessing peculiar relevance. Fortunately, Harvard did not make enough slips to prevent her from winning the cup and at the end of the meeting, Harvard had 61 points to her credit while Yale had to content herself with 51 points and the doubtful consolation that she came very near beating her hereditary rival...
...history a science; if not it will always be in danger of being confounded with some branch of science. I would define science a branch of learning that has a body of material, a peculiar process of its own, and certain definite results, and such I regard history...
...college conference this evening the members of the university will enjoy a distinct privilege in hearing Mr. Lodge speak on the subject of party allegiance. Mr. Lodge's peculiar qualifications for speaking on this subject have already been fully dwelt upon. The distinguishing feature which marks a college conference on this subject and makes it more valuable to Harvard men than a mere public lecture, is the chance offered for asking questions. The conferences have always possessed this distinctly informal character, and it is this that has added so much to their value. The conference this evening will doubtless afford...