Word: putting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...their studies. They arrive soon after breakfast, and use the room as a stamping ground on which to disport themselves for the rest of the day. In consequence, the ordinary books of reference are monopolized, wordy discussions are the regular thing, and the patience of peaceful readers is put to a severe strain. Of course most of the offenders are lower classmen; and until they are old enough to learn that a library is not intended as a resort other than for the purposes of quiet study, it seems only fair that the privilege of the room should be denied...
...would hurt Yale as much as any other college. J. P. Lee suggested that the rules should be amended so as to provide that a man should not be allowed to compete until he had been in college a year The question of adopting the rule was then put to vote with the following result...
...Pooling under control of a government commission would not be practicable-(a) Because of the great number of Rail-roads: Poor's R. R. Manual for 1892.-(b) No commission would be competent to judge on the merits of the question of pooling.-(c) It would put two much power in hands of the commission.- (d) Such a plan was defeated in the House: Cong. Record 1893, pp. 709-715; Minority Rep't against pooling in Cong. Record...
...students at Boston University have decided to put a baseball nine in the field...
...choir sang "A wake, awake, put on thy strength, "Stainer; "I will love Thee," W. B. Gilleot; Solo, "Come ye children," Sullivan, Mr. J. D. Merrill...