Word: rare
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...York Times indulges in some very cheap wit at the expense of those students who oppose the new athletic regulations. Its gibes do not at all affect the real argument, however. Indeed it seems impossible for the outside press, with rare exceptions, ever to fairly apprehend the true state of any matter of college administration or of student interest. "Let them remember," cries the Times to the students, "that as it is not every novel that a girl can safely put into the hands of her mother, so it is not every proposition that is an axiom to the experienced...
...delivered under the auspices of the Historical Society, is certainly encouraging to that organization. The only drawback was the lack of room, which clearly shows that Sever Hall is not the place for the remaining lectures of the course. Why a lecture in Sanders should be such a rare treat to us we fail to understand. The principal reason that suggests itself is the fear of the lecturer being unable to distinguish his audience among so many empty seats. But this fear need not trouble the succeeding lecturers before the Historical Society as the success of the course is assured...
...bringing in the Boar's Head with carols, while every Eastertide the Bursar presents each member of the college with a needle and thread accompanied by the suitable motto "Be Thrifty." The library is one of the largest among the colleges and contains over 60,000 volumes besides many rare manuscripts. New College belies its name, as it was founded in 1586 and besides the usual amount of plate and relics has the crozier of its founder William of Wykeham, bishop of Winchester, wonderfully wrought in silver gilt and studded with jewels and probably the finest relic of its kind...
...altar, over which grace is always said before each meal. Passing on from here we come to the library which contains 250,000 volumes, many of them of great age and value. The most precious is undoubtedly the famous "Book of Kells," an old illuminated work on parchment, of rare merit as a work of art. The library is open to studious citizens, as well as to those connected with the college and there is a tine reading hall...
...supplied and of the esteem with which it is held by the students than this same use. That it has been popular both with the faculty and students since its start is a matter of congratulation. As soon as it was ready to be fitted up, the faculty with rare foresight placed it in charge of the leading practical authority on gymnastic subjects; and under his careful supervision the apparatus to furnish it was made the most complete and beneficial in the world. From the time it was opened it has been in constant use by a majority...