Word: subs
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...have classifications and diversions, chapters and paragraphs in visible form on paper, is to give to them more decided shape in the mind, and therefore, greater possibility of being readily comprehended. The careful note-taker is a sort of artist, and in a page covered with paragraphs, and sub-paragraphs, a-b.c's and 1-2-3's he sees a picture, a closer scrutiny of which reveals to him the thought and life that it represents. Who knows the meaning of a painting better than the painter? Who knows the meaning of a written page better than...
Says the Hartford Courant: "The younger Mr. Charles Francis Adams not having found Greek useful to him either in soldiering, or in railroading, the Harvard faculty has decided not to require sub-freshmen hereafter to pass an examination in that language, tho' they may if they want to. It will be Latin's turn next, we suppose. Latin is a "fetich," too, and the decree has gone forth at Harvard that the "fetiches" must go. Perhaps some other things may go with them, but that is Harvard's lookout, not ours...
...been notified beforehand, and after the reading a general discussion will follow. On the suggestion of Mr. Nolen, '84, it was decided to send in the names of the gentlemen who desired to form the club to the Natural History Society, the whole club to be incorporated as a sub-section of the N. H. Society. This sub-section will then have a curator, chairman, and secretary of its own. Mr. Garrison was elected chairman by a unanimous vote, but it was resolved to defer the election of other officers till the next meeting. It was decided that members should...
...double theme (not less than twelve pages long) which may be sub-stituted for the last two themes will be due on Thursday, March 12. It should comprise both Exposition and Persuasion...
Under Biography, one of the largest main headings, collected works come first, and then separate works. Biographies are entered under two heads, first directly under this head, and then under a special sub-division in the department in which the man was distinguished. By biography is meant not simply personal history, but criticism of any subject relating to the man's work. In looking for an historical work, you do not look under the name of the country or place, but under History in general. Histories of wars are to be found under Military History, but not under the particular...