Word: woman
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...poets: 'The work of our poets is the model of the Western college poetasters, and is, therefore, simply another example of our increasing greatness.' This reminds us of that German home philosopher who never tired of praising his wife's domestic executive abilities. At last the old woman, nourished by the warmth of continual praise, endeavored to run both house and husband. Our German turned to her admiringly and said: 'See here, frau, I like importance, but I will be contemned if I like contemned imputance.' Our German friend used abbreviated expressions, but we can't, you know. The Crimson...
...practitioners. At the same time young men should not be advised to become physicians. Medicine must be put on a more scientific basis. Lack of possibility of intelligent appreciation of good work, is a great drawback. The sketch of the physician in Middle-march is good, though by a woman, - one of a sex which we have taken a good deal of pains to exclude from the profession. The functions of the physician are extending to matters of insanity, sanitary engineering, etc. The underlying diathesis of disease is poverty and intemperance. The remedy for these causes lies more with...
...carried into practice, it will meet a want long felt by every college man who has not pursued the study of law. It is to meet such a defect in college training, as the lack of a knowledge of law, that books like "Every Man His Own Lawyer," and "Woman Before the Law" have been written, - books that must fail to accomplish their end. A knowledge of common law to be valuable must be gained from practical sources. A competent and thorough instructor, the very best that could be procured, who would devote his interest to such a course might...
...serious fact that men breathe more by the action of the diaphragm than women do, in whom the intercostals appear to do a large share of the work of respiration, so that the upper part of the chest rises and falls more in the ordinary breathing of a woman than it does in that...
...conspicious part of the walls of the Freshman Physics room at the Annex appeared a short time ago the following inscription: "What is Physics? Ans. - The inness of the why, or x plus y equals z. Each young woman passing to her accustomed seat seemed to drink in considerable consolation from the words which met her shy and innocent glance. But it was not till the professor in the middle of a profound and lengthy explanation caught sight of and succeeded in translating it that much difficulty was experienced in keeping up an equilibrium...