Word: star
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Henry George is writing articles on protection for the N. Y. Star...
...upon the earth or upon a stone shaft which rests on bed rock. Upon the surface of the Mercury is thrown the image of illuminated pin holes in a metal card; or, in some instruments, any other image is used such as the reflection of micrometer lines in a star. Any change in the surface of the mercury causes a blurring of this image, which is reflected from the mercury upon a screen. The reflection is observed by means of a telescope or microscope placed so as not to be easily jarred. The utmost delicacy is obtained by this arrangement...
...bright and charming maiden who attends her first class day at Harvard the day is "a wild, delirious heaven of ice-cream and salad, of lovely young men and ecstatic round dances, of elm-shaded avenues and star lit walks, and softly breathing music and indescribable leave-takings." To her sister who begins to feel the growing soberness of things it is simply a period of a few moments of instructive conversation with some pleasant and learned professor, with, perhaps, a shade of innocent corner flirtation with lively proctors and studious tutors. How changed from that first class day when...
...Howard Seeley, Yale '78, a former editor of the Lit., is about to publish a book of short stories entitled 'A Lone Star, Bopeep, and Other Tales of Texan Ranch Life.' Mr. Seeley has passed considerable time in the southwest, and has become thoroughly familiar with the ranching life of that section. The field upon which he has entered is quite a new one, and his book promises to be peculiarly interesting...
...tutors. From numerous traditions it would seem as though the tutor especially thought they were working by the day, and not by the job. Music by the singing club was furnished only on Sundays. Within the last thirty years, even, students have been compelled to go to Chapel by star-light, and this not in the evening either. Although none too much blessed as regards our prayer requirements, we have much to be thankful for in comparison to the students of some of our sister colleges. At Amherst, prayers are held at 8 o'clock, and only one fourth...