Word: seemly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...curious part of the whole affair was with myself. I had no body. I call this circumstance a curious one, but this is rather an after thought; at that time it did not seem at all peculiar. I had all my usual perceptions about me. I saw everything that was in the room, heard what the children were saying, felt the warmth of the fire. What was the need of a body? True I could not move; but, in such pleasant surroundings, I was well content to stay where I was. So, in fact, it was not until I thought...
...trouble. With their accustomed care for our wants and necessities, nearly all the janitors provide themselves with a box of tools which they are always willing to lend to the students who may be fortunate enough to be under their care. Unfortunately however, these happy students do not seem to realize the fact that such tools are loaned, and not presented to the borrowers with the compliments of the donor. We recently heard of one case in which the janitor had not a single tool left out of a complete set. This is evidently unfair, both to the janitor...
...freewill can change the experience men have had of what is good for them. Such conduct as has proved useful in the past, cannot but be thought wise for the future. In so far, therefore, as our notion of right and wrong is founded on experience, it would not seem to be at all effected by fatalism; and we have seen that fatalism does not discourage us in working out our purposes. The case is different, however, if we reject experience as the sole test of right conduct. For if right conduct be that which is intrinsically consistent and harmonious...
...with some feeling of satisfaction that we note the announcement in the University Calendar of this week, of a lecture on the Harvard Library, and the methods of using it, Absurd as it may seem, it is nevertheless true that many freshmen fail to make use of their library privileges, simply through a reluctance to make the enquiries necessary to find out the system on which books are to be drawn. After one has thoroughly learned the steps which must be taken to secure books, he is still often hampered by a certain unfamiliarity with the card catalogue system...
...will the changes or reforms brought about by the committee accomplish this object? It does not seem possible. Experience in boating proves that the surest way of increasing the number of oarsmen is to make boat-racing an important inter-collegiate event. The class crews and class races were organized by the boat club of its own accord, in order to supply material for the university crew. The Post correspondent maintains that in base-ball and foot-ball, all interest centers in the university nines and elevens, that the class nines and elevens exist only in name. Finally, that...