Word: useful
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hardly be conceived that an old hat has a spirit which can leave the hat and appear at a distance. An effort has been made to explain the apparitions by "telepathy," which may be defined as the ability of one mind to impress another without the use of the usual organs of sense. Another name for this is "thought transference." In all cases of visions four points are to be noted: the state of the mind of the person who sees, the condition of the person who is seen, and the dates of the vision and of the actual event...
...take place on Wednesday evening of next week, and the committee must know by this evening how many men to provide for. It is a pity that out of a class of over two hundred men less than half should possess enough class feeling to urge them to make use of one of the pleasantest opportunities of a man's college life. The class has not been really united in any way since freshman year. Here is a chance to strengthen the ties which should bind all classmates together; to rehearse the victories and celebrations of freshman year...
Prof. Laughlin has written a book on "Elements of Political Economy." It is uniform with Appleton's text-books on Science. It is designed especially for the use of beginners in political economy, and parts of it apply to questions of the day on finance and kindred topics. Professor James has edited J. E. Mande's "The Foundations of Ethics." Mr. Justin Winsor has written the fifth volume of his "Narrative and Critical History of America," a volume of 649 pages, besides doing a vast amount of compiling in connection with his official duties as librarian of the University. Professor...
...West End Street Railway Company has petitioned the Cambridge aldermen for the right to use the cable system in operating its cars in the Cambridge district. In the petition the advantages of the new over the old system are set forth...
...executive committee, and enjoys itself generally. The great draw-back to many has heretofore been the expense of keeping a canoe at the boat-house, but the club has made an arrangement by which one of the rooms of the boat-house is leased to it for its exclusive use, the rent to be paid by assessment. Many men have joined the club who have no canoes as yet, but most of these are building crafts destined to beat anything of the kind afloat. In the spring a regatta will be held on Charles river, open to all members...