Word: turned
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Instruction is given by means of lectures, there being very few oral recitations or written exercises. All examinations are oral, and are held once a year. Religion, as a study, is compulsory, but attendance at chapel is not! As the students have no base-ball or other sport, they turn their surplus energy to the discussion of national polities, and so it happens that the universities are hot beds of Nihilism and other reforms. College societies and meetings are strictly prohibited and an assemblage of half a dozen students is likely to be dispersed. In this case by a sergeant...
...routine and discipline are strictly military. Reveille at six o'clock is the signal for all to turn out. Roll call, breakfast, and the call to studies follow quickly. At half-past twelve the recall from studies sounds. Dinner at one o'clock. Then studies again from two until four, when the assembly for drill is sounded. Two hours of drill follow. Then supper at half-past six. There are two hours of study in the evening. Taps sounds at ten o'clock. The drills are varied and embrace every sort of practical exercise that a naval officer requires...
...Harvard was blanked in the second, third and fourth innings, but secured three runs in the fifth, owing partly to her good batting, and partly to the errors of the other side. The rest of our scoring was made in the eighth inning, when every man had his turn at the bat. Five scores were tallied, one of which was a home run by Allen. This and the double play by Tilden and Litchfield were the brilliant features of the game...
...possibly believe in protection. The protectionists, on the other hand, appeal to the tender side of their hearers' nature, and tell pitiful tales of the wretched condition of the Irish peasantry, and the natives of India,-all caused, as they say, by the introduction of free trade. When they turn their attention to this country, both fall into the same error. The protectionists calmly lay the whole prosperity of the country since the late war to the existence of a high tariff, while many free traders fall into a similar error by asserting that the prosperity of the country before...
...lecture was highly interesting, and Mr. Bowen was frequently interrupted with applause. The views, notably those from the Lampoon, were very good, although the operator of the stereopticon seemed a novice in his trade. Altogether the lecture was a great success, and, it is to be hoped, will turn many students to Harvard...