Word: sightly
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...course of instruction in sight-singing was inaugurated last week by Mr. Frank Damrosch of New York and will be continued under the direction of Mr. William E. Haesche, instructor in instrumentation in the music department...
...kind where the player punishes the ball and not the man. And a man can play it successfully without any strain upon his sense of fair-play or honesty and without any danger of being tempted to forget he is a gentleman. The ball is always in sight and so is the player. It is a spectacular game. It is one where good individual play counts, and not one where the whole team is, like a chain, no stronger than its weakest link. There is, to be sure, little chance for grand, strategy; but the object...
...weight, men of 160 pounds or thereabouts, which is the ideal weight for an oarsman or an all round athlete. Nor were these two all the games in progress. There were teams playing hockey, lacrosse and other games, and tennis and cricket in their season. It is a fine sight to see the men pour out from the different college gates at about two o'clock on every afternoon, dressed a little more than Adam was when he left the garden of Eden. There are perhaps two thousand of them on their way to their different sports. At Oxford...
...Harvard elementary Greek examination, the following Board examinations in Greek--(a) ii Greek composition; (b) Xenophon's "Anabasis," books I-IV; (g) translation at sight of Greek prose...
Religion to many people, said Bishop Vincent, means personal safety and security from discomfort. Real religion is a different thing. It rejoices in the message of eternal life, but it never loses sight of earth. Its claims are vital and practical. 14 calls upon a man to think with enthusiasm and attention upon the true and honorable and lovely things of life...