Word: ripen
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Diagrams were shown by Mr. Peirce by which the formation and organic growth of plants were illustrated. It was shown how fruits and flowers ripen, and how much of their dissemination depends on the shape of the pods of the plants...
Such was the origin of our boating here, which was to ripen later into the H. U. B. C. Of course no such thing as an inter-collegiate race ever entered into the heads of those who took part in these races. They engaged in them simply for the fun of the thing, and underwent no severe system of training such as is now in vogue at present. They frequently made excursions in their boats, and occasionally were accompanied by ladies. But in 1851 they were taken by surprise in this way, - Yale had heard that Harvard owned an eight...
...diffused throughout the college. A higher and a broader morality would be created in student life. That reverence and love which religion, if of any meaning, must inspire, would be preserved, instead of being, as at present, foolishly and blindly wasted. The very manliness of a nobler ideal would ripen into nobler lives. The memories of such a service would linger in every mind and heart. The finer and subtler influences emanating from it would profoundly affect every life...
...open air concerts in the yard, which of late have become such a pleasant feature of the warmer season of the college year. We hope that Wednesday, the day on which candidates for the eighty-nine glee club are to meet, will witness an interest that will ripen into energy, and an energy that will ripen into execution...
...good deal. Dr. C. roomed on the south-west corner of Maine Hall, and had a very sunny place. Gray, who was just across the entry, came in one day with a lot of pears not quite ripe, and asked to leave them in C.'s windows to ripen. A few mornings after, Professor Packard called on C. to ask something about a library book. After he had done his errand, the old gentleman walked up to the window, and began to examine the fruit. 'Very fine pears,' he said, 'it is a variety rare about here, too.' 'They look...