Word: things
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...printed in the New York Times: "The chief objection to the elective system adopted some time ago at Harvard, and more recently at Yale, is that its tendency is to produce specialists instead of men of broad culture and liberal ideas. Deliver us from men who know but one thing. The man who knows but one thing. The man who knows but one thing does not know that, for he does not know it in its relation to other things. What a college ought to give is a liberal education, preparatory to special studies and pursuits. Latin and Greek should...
...bases. When the base runner touches the plate, an electric bell rings in a small tower near the umpire's position. It is to be hoped that this device will be fully tested this season, and, if found useful, adopted all over the country. It will be a grand thing if, in course of time, an umpire can have all his duties performed by electricity; and if the inventor of this noble plan could only find something to experiment on in the foot ball field, we should see in course of time the referee's place, even in a Yale...
...introduced to a land of three dimensions, spaceland; though at first he could not be convinced, when told by a sphere, that space possessed more dimensions than two. At last, being forcibly taken out of the land of two dimensions by the sphere, he realized that such a thing as spaceland could exist. He was unable, however, to convince his friends and relatives in Flatland of his experiences, after his return to that place...
...easy thing to tutor. Indeed, the most successful tutors must have natural ability in addition to the thorough knowledge of their subjects. Many men who attempt to tutor, while they may have a thorough knowledge of the subject,-perhaps a knowledge more thorough tnan that possessed by certain other brothers in the trade,-nevertheless are unsuccessful in their work, just because they lack the necessary natural qualifications. Men who combine both qualifications, namely, natural ability and thorough knowledge, most perfectly, are the most successful, and get the highest pay. Then there are those who fail, because they undertake...
...entering the main hall the first thing which strikes the observer is the substantial appearance of evrything about him. Quite in keeping with the solid exterior is the heavy woodwork, iron s aircases and tiled floors, all giving the impression that the building was made to last through many years of hard usage. Though substantial and solid in appearance, the building, neither without nor within, is unsightly, the decoration and finish in the quiet style and colors now prevalent satisfying even the eye of the artist. The first specific thing which attracts attention is an inscription on the wall above...