Word: sterner
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...considered from, so to speak, a professional standpoint. The lecturer recognized the tendency of our present mode of life toward a life of leisure combined with, and comprehended in sensible, remunerative work. It is the duty of every man who is blessed with an opportunity to rest from the sterner duties of life to so cultivate, so use his time that the highest good may result not only to himself, but also to his fellow men. The use of leisure time may be made of so much import to society that its abuse will result in a serious detriment...
...misunderstand the term freshman. Among the ancient Hindoos, by whom the word was first used, the sterner sex alone was capable of imbibing Greek, Latin and elocution; but tempora mutantur, and with the advent of the nineteenth century it was necessary for women too to be acquainted with empiricism and algebra, and therefore the old Sanskrit word has lost something of its significance...
...recent performance of the "Elektra" of Sophocles at Girton College, England, the London Truth says : "The play was acted with great success before an audience consisting almost entirely of ladies ; a few privileged classical tutors and the fathers of the performers being the only members of the sterner sex admitted. The principal feature of the performance was the acting of Miss G. E. Case, as Elektra...