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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...come out regularly, and we would urge all those who are considering the possibility of joining the squads, to do so at once. The sooner each individual makes an actual business of his daily drill, the sooner can permanent companies be formed, and a Harvard battalion organized on a true army basis...
...enclosure, it was thought the large space would afford a greater seating capacity and a less crowded and, consequently, less dangerous arrangement than sould be secured about the Tree. Investigation, however, revealed that the position of the trees makes impossible the erection of suitable grand stands. It is true a greater seating capacity could be had, but only at the expense unduly of separating the spectators, not only into small groups among themselves but, also, from the classes. Such an arrangement would exclude those close relations between the spectators and the classes which have always been found so essential...
...coral formation is still very uncertain. A few interesting discoveries about the Fijis have shown that the very old theory that atolls are coral growths on the rims of sunken extinct craters, for which Darwin and Dana expressed great contempt, was not entirely groundless but in some cases perfectly true...
...Kentuckians," Mr. Fox writes of his mother state and her people with such insight and sympathy as show him to be a true son of Kentucky and an affectionate brother to Kentuckians of all kinds. For in this story the author has acquainted us with the blue-grass country, as typical in its way as that where the Cumberland Vendetta flourished and Mr. Shivers came to his death at last...
...method. Under the system which has heretofore been the general rule, it is extremely hard for the judges to select the best four out of a large number of five minute speakers. Then again a five minute speech in offering little opportunity for rebuttal does not furnish a true criterion of argumentative power. By providing for more than one preliminary trial if the number of contestants is large, the new regulations insure adequate trial to every promising debater, and in the second trial the longer speeches will bring out capabilities in sustained work and rebuttal. The final step in this...