Word: rests
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...noted for something besides its inactivity. Besides having races, and making them more important and more frequent than heretofore, the custom of the Boston Bicycle Club might be adopted. The members of this club meet every Sunday, in good weather, for a long run into the country. A long rest is taken in the middle of the day for dinner and a siesta at any old country inn or hotel that they may chance to find at hand. If the far-famed "Harvard indifference" could be overcome, this might be made an enjoyable feature of our usually monotonous Sundays...
...what better opportunity could be desired than the opportunity afforded by the rest and quiet of feeding time...
...subscription price of THE HERALD, for the rest of the year, will be one dollar. Subscription book at Drury...
...following notice has been given: Mr. Bendelari is unable to hold his recitations on Thursday, March 9. He desires the following lessons to be taken: French 5, rest of chapter (chez le Marquis); Italian 1, Chapter V, in "I Promessi Sposi;" Spanish 1, six exercises in the "Eco." The lessons assigned above by Mr. Bendelari are for Tuesday, March 14. He also wishes the following lessons to be assigned for Monday, March 13: Italian 2, rest of "Pilade e Oreste," being in "La Gerusalemme Liberata;" Italian 3, Cantos XV. and XVI. of the "Paradiso," being in "La Vita Nuova...
...lecture room was packed to its fullest capacity and of course the closeness was almost unbearable. Last year a man fainted at the very corresponding lecture in this course. In spite of this, a man near the windows attempted to close the few windows that were open. The rest of the audience very properly hissed him. Some men seem to have a mania for closing windows, however disagreeable the close air may be to others. This is done in many of the recitations, and it is to be hoped that the section will insist upon its right to hiss...