Word: putting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this society had on its books a membership of nearly thirty, with a dark room and gallery in the museum grounds. Since that time the society has entirely died out and now if a man wants to take pictures and develop them himself, he is forced either to put up with the very insufficient accommodations attainable in his room, or to go in to Boston, and there avail himself of the dark rooms which some of the dealers in photographic outfits furnish for their customers. It seems to me that there is no reason why the old society should...
...education in France is more effective than it is here, as is shown by the fact that a French boy is practically two years ahead of the American in the same studies. President Eliot gave two reasons for this state of affairs, one was that Americans are unwilling to put their boys to hard work and strong lists, and the other was that the French teachers are more numerous, more enthusiastic and better educated than our own. Matthew Arnold also wrote on the superiority of German and French education at the time when he was making an extensive study...
...money so received directed to securing better teachers and more thorough instruction. If this plan should be carried out it is thought that not only would young men be able to come to college, and go into business earlier, but that the practice of "jumping college" would be put a stop to, which means that a large proportion of our business men would receive a much fuller and more complete education...
...degree of enthusiasm manifested throughout the college, are perhaps as bright as any Amherst has had for the past few years. Wm. Bemis, the trainer, is doing all in his power to turn out a winning team, and as there are many good individual players trying he will undoubtedly put a nine on the field of no little merit...
...first event of the afternoon was the putting the shot, (16 pounds). The entries for this were: H. O. Stickney, L. S., M. M. Smith, '92, H. R. Allen, jr., '92, A. H. Green, '92, and G. L. Hunter, '89. Smith and Green dropped out after they had each made three trials, and the event was finally won by Allen with a put of 32 feet, 6 inches. Hunter was second with a put of 31 feet, 3-4 inch. Stickney's best put was 30 feet, 8 inches...