Word: turns
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...rounds by two men of athletic accomplishments, notably that of running. If he accosts a man and desires an explanation of some offense the student may give him his name and address and appear before him the next morning and pay a small fine, or he may turn and run. In this case the assistants play their part. If they catch him his fine is doubled for running away. The general life of students in continental universities is almost entirely free from regulations by the faculty, notably so in Holland and Scandinavia. In Germany the civil authorities, in case they...
...finds that many a days work is yet before him. So it is with many of us. Misfortune or advancing years makes us feel that there is but little left for us to do. A young generation perhaps has sprung up to take our place; but if we turn resolutely to our duty we find the field for work widening before us and the "shadow on the sun dial" begins to creep backward...
...some it is wished to impose the Bible on the community as an absolute standard and this is naturally distasteful to some, who turn then to works which have less of that gloomy sanctity so often attributed to the Bible. If one will look closely, however, he will find in the Bible the best examples of pure eloquence, of noble heroism, and exalted poetry. He willf find, too, many passages of burning eloquence and impassioned rhetoric. If one would give the time to the study of the Bible which he gives to the study of the classics, he would experience...
...MOTTE.HARVARD GLEE CLUB.- Nobody can sing at the Cadets' this evening, who does not turn up at the rehearsal this afternoon...
...schools, educate their pupils in sixteen or seventeen years instead of nineteen. It seems quite possible that Harvard might gain a year at least by exerting her influence upon the larger preparatory schools, some of which already offer a shorter course than the regular, and which could in their turn influence the lower schools. Another year ought to be saved by opening courses in the professional schools to seniors as electives This policy has been adopted toward the Scientific school, and might equally well be extended to the Law and Medical schools. Neither of these changes would cause any injustice...