Word: sided
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Gray was a student of theology; but Darwin said he had no time for studying religious truths. Gray observed Sunday; Darwin did not. As to the growth of the soul in old age these men stand in great contrast. Darwin was a mighty river, but ran on one side of the island and could not run on the other. He was one-sided. Asa Gray retained, on the whole, a better grasp of modern thought...
...stereopticon, and promise to be of very great interest. The subject will be treated in a manner that will appeal very strongly to a cultivated audience, as the lecturer will treat of the Greek vase paintings in their relation to the Homeric poems and the later epics. The literary side and the artistic side of the subject will be treated hand in hand, in a way that cannot fail to be of value to the scholar and of interest to the general student. The lectures will be open to the public...
Princeton's new base-ball cage is finished, and a short description of it may be of interest. The building is 140 feet long by 50 feet wide, 16 feet high at the sides and 26 at the highest point of the trusses, on which the roof is supported, or a mean height of 21 feet. There is afforded, therefore, an inclosed space of nearly 5,400 cubic yards. One end of the cage is doubly boarded to furnish a solid smooth surface for hand-ball practice. On the inside the ceiling is formed by wire netting, which extends...
...engineering and architecture, and plans are now in process of preparation. A plan for the organization of the agricultural experimental station has also been adopted by the trustees and provision made for the appointment of a professor of horticulture, to begin his work next term. On the classical side the most important event of the term has been the beginning of a series of studies in classical philology, edited by Profs. Flagg, Hale and Wheeler. Two numbers have already been issued and more are to follow. Barnes Hall has been begun and is being rapidly pushed to completion...
...which to derive the vitality and vigor requisite for their manifestations. One of the indispensable conditions of the welfare of a human being is that a just equilibrium shall be maintained between the development of his mental and physical organs. That man's life is wasted who develops one side of his nature at the expense of the other. Thus, in our own life, our athletics are indispensable for the advancement of our intellectual faculties. No man can attain mental supremacy at the expense of his physique...