Word: stillness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...slightly quicker, but Dodge was surer of his blows and battered his opponent's face steadily. He seemed to have a decided advantage for the first half minute, but Marquand rallied toward the end and got in several telling blows. When time was called, Marquand was exhausted, while Dodge still appeared equal to another round. The judges could not agree, and Dr. Appleton decided the bout a draw, much to the disappointment of the audience, who called for Dodge. As neither man was declared winner in this bout, it was necessary to make the feather-weight sparring a draw between...
Professor Chaplin has just left New Orleans and is now on his way to Mexico. His eyes are still troubling him very much...
...existence, and that it was in a flourishing condition, but that of late, for reasons unexplained, it has entirely disappeared. All that we can say in this matter is that it is to be regretted that the spirit of indifference, formerly so characteristic of everything pertaining to Harvard, should still linger in a few cases, and that a society which has proven itself so useful to amateur photographers, should have been allowed to die out. If such a society is to be formed, let it by all means be formed immediately, so that everything may be ready for use after...
...account of the early close of the spring term and the approach of the "annuals," Technology men have not been able to devote much time to athletics; still, the outlook is favorable More attention will be paid to baseball this year than has been for some time, although it is not known yet whether there will be a 'varsity nine. The candidates for the class teams are already at work, and there is a fair prospect that some good material will be developed. The class of '89 has a good pitcher in Pike. Highlands, '91, is also a good...
...engraving gradually increased in importance, until it was looked upon in Germany as the leading branch in art. This was in a great measure owing to the scarcity of orders for paintings, and hence, artists, in order to support themselves, were driven to take up the then popular engraving. Still the German engravers retained their love for paintings, and their pictures resemble painting in the mode of treatment, in contrast to the Italian engravings, which are merely reproductions of pen and ink drawings. This desire of the Germans to make their engravings look like paintings led to a very important...