Word: timing
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...whose dying legacy to posterity included nothing which will last as long or be known as widely as his name is one of the least distinct of those which stand out in our colonial history. Almost all that we known of him is that in a time when the attention of most men was centred on the material things of life he saw the coming need of educated men who should be ready to replace the then leaders of the people, and for the satisfaction of that need he gave his money and his books--small gifts according...
...time of the June admission examinations has been changed from Commencement week to the week immediately preceding. Examinations next spring will begin on June 20 and end on June...
Travelling north from Chili, Professor Brewster entered the tin-producing region of Bolivia with its picturesque adobe houses, hilly cities, and gaily clad women selling their wares in the streets at remarkably small prices. Here the Hamas, small camels which have been domesticated since the time of the Incas, do all the draught work and haul the orange-laden wagons across the plains...
...members of the Faculty and their wives, and ten or twelve of this committee will be present on each Friday. In addition, a few men from the undergraduate classes and the Graduate Schools have been asked to serve as ushers, and a number of them will be present each time. President and Mrs. Lowell will attend as often as possible...
...verse is very much better. The first stanza of Mr. Tinckom-Fernandez's "The Game" is as good as any undergraduate verse one is likely to see in a long time, and the entire poem, though it does not keep up to this high level, is notable in its sincerity and vigor. Mr. Pulsifer's "The Riderless Horse" presents a striking idea with effective brevity, the difficult verse-form is fairly well handled, and the phrasing is at times admirable. The same writer's "Third Down," however, suffers from its close resemblance to four lines of Browning's "Meeting...