Word: sizes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...college is at present absorbed in the term examinations. The examinations commenced on Tuesday last and continue until next Wednesday, when the college closes for the holidays. The senior schedule is so arranged that the required studies come first, and the electives follow in the order of the respective size of the classes, thus enabling many of the men to leave college several days in advance...
...Jahrmarkt, held on Saturday evening in Mechanics Hall, Boston, in aid of the Woman's Industrial Association, the Glee Club sang before a very large audience. The club was placed somewhat at a disadvantage on account of the immense size of the hall and on account of the failure of the managers of the Jahrmarkt to provide a piano. The songs of the club were enthusiastically received and several encores were demanded. The waltz song, Estudiantina" seemed to be the favorite...
...revelations which it makes of great and long vanished peoples, the important relations to the scientific study of the Old Testament, all make the Assyrian a source of unfailing interest. The Biblical student in particular would be pleased by the paper from Prof. Haupt, of Baltimore, determining the size of the boat in which, according to the Babylonian account, the hero of the deluge escaped destruction...
...Ropes, "The Hesperornis, the Apteryx and the Dodo, in their relation to the Myrmecobius and Plato's Doctrine of Ideas." Mr. Shoemaker, "Harvard Oratory, may it ever be what an Adams, an Everett, and a Quincy have made it." Mr. Cabot, "The Transcendental Unity of Aperception." Mr. Warren, "The size and relations of the atom and molecule," Mr. Moore, "The Greek moods and tenses; their influence on modern culture." Mr. Jacobs, "The Mugwump; his position in modern politics." Mr. Ward, "Faust and Gretchen...
...detecting immediately the animus of the article, we find so much of exaggeration that the writer's statements become absurd. The writer speaks first of one man in twenty as belonging to the "set" he is describing. Placing the total number of undergrates at 1200, an over-estimate, the size of the set according to the writer's calculation would be 60 men; but a few pages later, this number grows to 100. Not satisfied with this, writer adds element after element until he builds up a result that might well cause the reader to cry out in astonishment...