Word: written
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Speaking from experience, I can say that not sixty per cent of the class write anything at all, and the most part of what is written is not worth a picayune. Now and then a man has something worth mentioning, but the average life is a very cambric-tea affair, or about as amusing reading as the directory, here and there rising to the exciting pitch of Homer's Catalogue of Ships...
Here at once we see the result of special attention to our language. No superficial student could have written this sentence, and we even doubt whether those who have not had the advantage of special instruction in English at Neophogen College will fully understand it. We humbly acknowledge that we do not grasp the meaning in the words, "the whirlpool of commotion in the files of the nation"; but when the editors go on to say of the College Pen: "From its incipiency we have regarded it as one of the most important features of the school," we are able...
...work has not been in vain, for we find one of the articles, written by a student, thus mentioned: "The 'Address', by the accomplished young Haynie, is beautifully written, and abounds in rhetorical figures." The address referred to was delivered to the "Philetaeren Society," on the occasion of a May-day celebration, and opens...
SOMETHING has been written, and more has been said and thought, on the subject of proper fire-escapes for the various buildings in the Yard, but still the Corporation have taken no action in the matter, - at least to all outward seeming. It is incredible that those in office should be so careless of the safety of those under their charge, and so entirely regardless of their feelings and wishes in a matter of such vital importance. The necessity of these means of escape cannot be too strongly urged, and in view of the recent terrible disasters in Brooklyn...
...source, a boat could be built here, - using the English shell, to a certain extent, as a model, - and the race would then be rowed in whichever proved the faster. This is the only safe course, and we commend these facts to the serious consideration of those who have written to us, urging us to use England as the source of our boating materials. Their suggestions would be promptly adopted if the means were supplied...