Word: working
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...true that our instructors in History have now as much work as they can do, but cannot an additional man be supplied? or, if the College is too poor for that, cannot the proposed course alternate with History II., in the same way that History VI. is hereafter to alternate with History...
...instead of friendly contests and pleasant visits between colleges, we are to have all the hard work of practice for no other purpose than to play against men who make base-ball a means of support, I am afraid that the old exciting times of base-ball are over...
...Editor of the Annual has kept pace with the increasing interest, and this second volume is an improvement on the first. In the portion of the work devoted to rowing interests there is, besides a complete record of the winners of important races in America and of the English Universities and championship races, the Laws of Boat-Racing, with full notes and explanations; the National Association Regatta Rules, Constitution, and By-laws. The part devoted to Athletics contains a record of meetings in 1874 and a synopsis of the season, Laws of Athletics, Hints on Athletics, and, we are glad...
...benefits which can be derived from a judicious discipline in exact science. Those who have the definite intention of pursuing a continued course of scientific study will find that the scheme of mathematical electives has reference primarily to their wants; and such students, after the first year of elective work, in which they will naturally take Math. 1 and 2 (or 1 alone, with other scientific electives), should consult their professors as to the precise direction of their choice. Those, on the other hand, who merely wish to keep up a moderate amount of Mathematics in order to give variety...
...well-known fact, I presume, - and it is very seldom that a person becomes an accomplished phonographer in less than three years. But suppose the undergraduate can write short-hand, it is very difficult to get the necessary practice. In taking lecture notes there is no difficulty; the work is smooth and almost fascinating, but the work comes when the notes are to be translated into long-hand, and unless they are translated at once they are soon forgotten, and finally become almost unintelligible. If an hour is spent in taking the notes, commonly two hours will be spent...