Word: towardness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been made between the marks of two courses, which had been elected almost without exceptions by the same men. The courses were reputed to be of very nearly equal difficulty; but the disparity in the marks was very great. There was to be found not even a tendency toward equality. For the twelve highest marks of the same men in the two courses, there was an average difference of over seven per cent. The numbers of men who got on the rank list were respectively thirty-two and twenty-five, and the first twenty-five were very nearly the same...
Suitable plans for the enlargement of the Yale library have been drawn under the direction of the Faculty and Corporation. A wing will probably be built extending toward the Cabinet building, three stories in height...
...society), etc., etc.; but the same old-! Our friend was playing cards. His opponent holding a full hand, wanted to finish the game. But our call effectually ended the game, and so we were invited to glance at Tufts. We were drawn to the window, and bade to glance toward Cambridge. The view was very fine, but was soon obstructed by the re-appearance of our athletic friends. We were surprised at the smile of pride that covered the face of our friend as he cried, "Ah, the Eleven!" He told us that the foot-ball interests of Tufts were...
...last month he telegraphed that he had actually molded a glass without its being broken; and so at last the disk, the one vital organ of a telescope, is completed. The construction of the delicate yet powerful machinery, by which the tube sixty feet long is to be pointed toward any part of the heavens, and kept in motion by clock work, has not yet been commenced. However, the completion of this machinery is only a question of time, and when every thing is finished Lick Observatory will have the largest and most powerful telescope in the world...
...unwillingness to make practice and preaching agree. All hats should be removed by those entering the hall, before the area beneath the visitors' gallery is left. The student who violates this rule may some day be embarrassed by the stamping, such as has in the past been directed toward careless visitors in the gallery...