Word: acception
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...assured that this reparation for this "heartrending" episode has already caused the officers and members of our orchestral club to break the vow which they had made never to accept another invitation to play in Wellesley. Now they are in that frame of mind that they can conceive of no more ideal ending to this intercollegiate misunderstanding than an invitation to play in Wellesley in the spring, when balmy moonlight nights enhance the already great charms of that delightful spot...
...board at Yale refused to accept the result of the election by the juniors of the new members and ordered a new election. This was held and the same men elected. These the old board refused again, and then arbitrarily they appointed the men they wished themselves. There is much excitement and ill-feeling over the affair...
...Harvard Glee Club has been unable to accept the invitation of the University of Pennsylvania to take part in the joint concert in Easter week...
...degree. Having had no command of money, with no experience of providing for the future, they are given a month or six months' allowance, and the parent is surprised at the end of the year to find the boy in trouble and debt. A boy should be taught to accept during his youth the discipline of his environment, for no college can guarantee to each student individual superintendence over the formation of character; it can only supply the best intellectual training...
...Greek Government has offered to the Committee on the School an admirable site for building, of little less than two acres in extent, and of an estimated value of about $13,000. On account of lack of means for building, the committee have not been able definitely to accept this liberal and gratifying offer. A similar offer of an adjoining site has been made to and accepted by the committee in charge of the British School; the means for building have been secured by them; and, plans having been prepared by Mr. F. C. Penrose, the work of building...