Word: use
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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William Pennell, of the University of Pennsylvania gymnasium, declares that rubber soled shoes are bad for the feet, but he will not prohibit their use in the gymnasium. He recommends light canvass shoes, with leather soles...
Resolved, That the members of the Conference Committee deem the marking system, now in use at Harvard, unsuited to the elective system, and that they strongly recommend a change...
...happens to pass under one of these objects at the right moment he stands a good chance of receiving a sprinkling of naptha sufficient to perfume his hat and clothing for some time. It would seem as though our college would be too proud to use naptha lamps any way, for a little reflection will convince anyone that the town or corporation that uses these substitutes for real light, is on the downward path...
...opinion must always exist as to the relative merits of our different papers, but if we are called upon to express those opinions, let us remember that the manner of our expression will often betray the spirit in which we write as clearly as any words we may use...
...They are rowing in order to beat Columbia next year at New London, and they can only do that by steady, hard work and strict attention to details. The very first thing a crew has to learn is to keep time. Unless they do this there is no use in their ever going out on the water, for they would be beaten badly by a much inferior crew which did keep perfect time. And eighty-nine can learn this only by always keeping the question of time strictly before them in every thing they do collectively...