Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...other excursion is in charge of Mr. J. B. Woodworth; the objective point is Gay, Head, Martha's Vineyard. The reading will be found in the special pamphlet, Geology S. 2, Summer School of 1896, which has recently been issued. The party leaves the Providence Station, Boston, on Monday, April 20, at 12 m. The expense will be about $15. Any one who wishes to join the excursion should communicate with Mr. Woodworth immediately, as the accommodations are limited...
...northern part of the Narragansett coal basin. Two weeks will be spent in the examination of the country between Attleboro and Newport. From Newport the party will go to the island of Martha's Vineyard, and take up its headquarters with the Gay Head Indians. At this point the attention of the class will be devoted to the intricate structure of the famous Gay Head cliffs, also to the great terminal moraine and to the encroachment of the sea upon the island. After leaving Martha's Vineyard the party will go to the last section of its work...
...definite bent, but to devote themselves to one thing they must conform to the bars of circumstance. They must work with the tools and staff at hand. But hindrances annoy them, and at times God appears to mock. Yet, though the human will cannot arrive at its chosen point, the discipline of character will permit another goal. For a strenous nature such schooling is hard; but character is the only thing which man can win, hold and take away with...
...seems desirable to point out that it is not the purpose of the Governing Boards, in making the change here noted, to lessen the requirements for the degrees in question, in respect either to the standard of attainment and power of advancing knowledge by research or to the length of time which must ordinarily be devoted to study. It is rather the effect of their action to give added emphasis to the well-established principle of this University, that the requirements of time for the degrees of Doctor of Philosophy and Science are wholly secondary. It may safely be assumed...
...points shall be counted as follows: A first prize shall count five points; a second prize shall count three points; a third prize shall count one point...