Word: periodical
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Although it is not stated what the result of the lottery was, we can nevertheless imagine the immense state of excitement that prevailed among the litterateurs and bas-bleus of the period...
...what good will a college education do unless you can use it? The very period of your life when you should begin to think and act for yourself, when you should be gaining a practical knowledge of men and the world, and working with enthusiasm upon your chosen profession, - this time you spend in a life every law of which is unpractical, in studies which are of doubtful use, and in recreations which are absurd, all for an object which is simply that humbug called general culture...
...rumored that fellowships, hereafter, are not to be held for a period of more than seven years, after which their holders will resign, to be eligible for re-election on condition of taking college work...
...Sibley has been connected with our Library thirty-six consecutive years, besides one year after graduation as Assistant, - a period longer than any one man has had connection with it; and during this period he has unquestionably done more for it than any other two men combined. The Library without him would have been "Hamlet" with the Prince of Denmark left...
...amateur is any person who has never competed in an open competition, or for a stake, or for public money, or for admission money, or with professionals for a prize, public money, or admission money; nor has ever, at any period of his life, taught or assisted in the pursuit of athletic exercises as a means of livelihood. No communication will receive attention unless addressed to the Club box; and all persons are particularly requested not to call upon the officers of the Club at their places of business...