Word: periodicities
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...After a period of study the crew goes through a series of breathing motions, which are deemed very essential by the coach. At 10 o'clock sharp all lights are out and the crew in bed. Another series of breathings are gone through before breakfast the next morning, which is served at 8. The crew rowed as follows last week: Bow, Norton; 2, Longacre; 3, MacGregor; 4, Hobdy; 5, Fish; 6, Pierrepont, Carter; 7, Prentice; stroke, Carter, Pierrepont...
...enter into the religious spirit of the time the "Fioretti di San Francesco," and the "Life of St. Francis," by St. Bonaventura, should be read; and for the religious dogma and moral philosophy of the period, the "Summa Theologica" of St. Thomas Aquinas is indispensable...
...spread over all New England, covering even the highest peaks of the White Mountains. The lowlands, like the valley of the Connecticut River, have been dug out to a lower level because they were formed of soft material. There still exist in New England many traces of the ice period such as the rounded rocks of the mountain tops, and the large boulders found everywhere...
...have a pewter cup, without handle, inscribed with the word S. W. I. V. E. L. L. E. R. engraved in capital letters, with a period after each one. It came to me from my father and my impression is that it is a trophy for winning a boat race or other athletic contest at Harvard. This, however, is merely a supposition and the letters may be initials of some names or of a sentence...
...much of Memorial Day as they should. Harvard's participation in the Civil War and the record of her sons who fell in it, are things which ought always to be kept proudly in remembrance. To the years of the war more sentiment naturally attaches than to any other period in the history of the University; yet students are apt to forget the significance of the tablets erected in Memorial Hall and the real closeness of their own connection with the men who are there commemorated...