Word: rising
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Shooting Club will open a series of matches on Friday of this week, Feb. 24th. Match A will be open to all. Conditions of this match are: 10 clay pigeons at 18 yards rise, 5 angles...
...from what they are today. It tells how sixty years ago college men enjoyed few of the comforts we enjoy to-day. There were few rooms whose floors were covered with carpets. Their furniture consisted of a pine bed, a washstand and a few coarse chairs. Men had to rise for a 6 o'clock chapel, from which no cuts were allowed. They had to attend two recitations before they ate breakfast, consisting of folls and coffee. The mornings were spent at recitation till half-past twelve, when dinner was served, which Dr. Peabody describes as "a meal not deficient...
...avocation is the percentage of college-bred men so small as in that of journalism, which fact has given rise to much comment in the daily press. Beyond a good knowledge of stenography, an easy style, and a fair understanding of the rudiments of grammar and rhetoric, nothing further is required of the average reporter. A man who has spent four years in acquiring a thorough college training naturally expects that what he has gained there ought to enable him to start in on a higher round of the ladder, and sets his hopes on entering some other profession...
...every day to remedy the weakness of the coffee which was objected to. Airing the hall more, so that the unpleasant odor may not be so perceptible as heretofore, will necessitate the use of an extra quarter of a ton of coal daily. These changes will probably cause a rise in the price of board, which the management especially wish to avoid, and, in consequence, will be as economical as possible. Members of the board have tried the various boarding houses to compare the food served with that of the Hall, and their conclusion is, taking the price into consideration...
...various faculties are to be developed. However, more than athletes, we have enemies to confront, pain to bear, and burdens to lift. The soul is the one object which we own, and the rest is only secondary. The world exists that the divine company of human souls may rise and rise in strength. Those who subscribe to this view possess the best culture, and those who are true to this principal are cultured and none others. Culture is not in the possession of things mental and material, but the way in which we regard them...