Word: whirling
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...meagre ideas of that which is doing in the world about them. Congressional reforms have little interest for them, and present European politics are too complicated and need too patient study to be carefully followed. This is simply the result of one's finding himself set down in the whirl of events without an understanding of their causes; and to counteract this result a course in the topics of the day is needed. The field of the course would, to be sure, be changeable, but in general it should cover the history and present statutes of pending movements and changes...
...great educator, but is it not rather unhealthy when breathed in by those who work upon antiquities or upon quarternious? Philosophy needs must be influenced by the place where it originates. Utilitarian morals and intuitive methods supersede abstract ethics and deductive principles when the thinker is thrown into the whirl of a great city. There is much talk now-a-days about making university studies practical and no doubt there is much wisdom in the attempt, but bookishness has its uses and if it is not to be fostered in the colleges, it will not be fostered anywhere, and will...
...unfortunate that the latest records of balloons in hurricanes and racing locomotives are not at our disposal, but since jumping off bridges, running through whirl-pools in barrels, and eating quails are henceforth to be graven on tablets, perhaps some day reliable records of even these strange things may be officially preserved...
...class day each year, the senior class arrays itself in all its purple, and fine linen, and bids a gay farewell to its many friends. A whirl of pretty faces, a dance, a song-and the class day comes to an end, and the class, doffing its new tile, goes out into the world to take its stand by the side of those who have gone before. It goes surrounded by all the memories and traditions of the college, and cheered with the hearty "God-speed" of those who remain behind...
...what they could do. They now worked for a purpose, and a good shot by Woods drove the ball past H. Hodge and goal one for Harvard was safe. Time, 8 minutes. Hood was the next fortunate man, running the ball down from centre he gave it a swift whirl while Harvard checked Princeton's sticks, and it went through the flags, and the score was tied; time of goal, 17 minutes...