Word: well
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...Ingersoll Bowditch, a well known resident of Jamaica Plain, died at his residence last Thursday. Mr. Bowditch was well known in scientific circles and published several editions of "Bowditch's American Navigator." In 1849 Harvard conferred upon him the honorary degree of A. M., and in 1886 at the 250th anniversary added the higher degree...
General Armstrong explained that by educating the Indian, he meant not only educating his mind, but his hand and heart as well; everything, in fact, that would enable him to compete with his white neighbor, in the struggle for existence. The trouble had been that the government had never understood the Indian. They had provided him with food and clothing, thereby enabling him to live in idleness, and it is no wonder that now he is unable to support himself. Instead of giving him rations, he should have been given land and farming implements and obliged to earn...
...current number of the Advocate appeared yesterday afternoon. With this issue the '89 board of editors resigns the management to the incoming '90 board, Under the charge of '89 the Advocate has had a well-defined and representative position among the university publications. Editorially it has been as fearless as firm in its treatment of college evils, and in all matters of general college interest the stand it has taken has been a most commendable one; in a literary way it has fully maintained the high standard which the Advocate has held in recent years. Mr. G. P. Wardner...
...Study in Happiness." It is thoroughly ideal, and, to us, somewhat unsatisfactory. The short sketch, "In the Train," by R. W. Atkinson, is one of the brightest bits of the number. Mr. Zinkeisen, in his "Heine's Pictures of Travel," displays an intimate sympathy with the author, as well as an understanding of his moods and surroundings. "The Difference," a continuation of "Is there a Difference?" which appeared in the last number, is a natural piece of dialogue, but aside from that has no particular merit. The poetry of this number is not above the usual run of Advocate verse...
...best music played in a delightful manner, the Quartet having a wide reputation for superior work. Many men in college have but small acquaintance with good music and to such men we recommend these concerts, given under the auspices of the college, as an opportunity for education as well as pleasure...