Word: turns
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Professor Goodale emphasized the fact that the object every careful teacher should constantly have in mind in his teaching is to awaken interest in the subject on the part of the pupil, and to encourage him to ask questions of himself. He will then naturally turn to nature for his answers...
There has been placed on top of the card catalogue in the library, an index to the subject catalogue. This is bound to prove a great help to men in looking up subjects. Anyone wishing to look up the sublect of "Rivers" for example, has but to turn to "Rivers" in this index, read the number opposite (for instance 1506.2) and find the drawer in the card catalogue of subjects which contains this number (say the drawer numbered 1500.1 - 160). In this way a great deal of time spent in finding information will be saved...
...Jarvis, during the past two weeks. The bases have been set out, and before long two nines will be organized and there should be some scrub games. The men have been divided into two squads, and nearly all the time is spent in batting at the nets, in turn. Very soon the work will be increased, in order to prepare for the Easter trip...
...poet, an artist and a dramatist; the author of some forty works. Mr. Ruskin in his second Lecture on Art at Oxford said: "The highest thing that Art can do is to set before us the figure of a man." It is very proper then that we should turn to Shakspere, the glory of English and universal literature. The facts of his life are derived from authorities of two kinds; the records left by contemporary writers and the personal elements which the author puts into his works. It is a mistaken idea that we know almost nothing of Shakspere...
...Crane forced his opponent throughout the three rounds, except occasionally when Butler did the leading. In the first round Butler and Crane for a while tested each other's ribs by frequent soundings, then the former returned a lead from Crane and landed on his face twice. Crane's turn came a few moments later when he placed a blow on Butler's neck and followed it up with one from the right on his face. Butler hit back and time was called. In the second round Crane again punched Butler in the face and in return received a bloody...