Word: acception
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Appleton Chapel last evening. Every year, Mr. Hale said, 6000 men graduate from American colleges and 1,000,000 immigrants enter this country. These 6000 men are endowed with a liberal and not merely a "bread and butter" education. They are to be leaders among the people; they must accept this fact modestly, but surely, else they should not come here to spend three or four of the most valuable years of their lives. For some men there need be no struggle to decide what profession to select; they are born with a genius for some specially, whether...
...Glee Club has voted to accept the invitation of the Chicago Harvard Club to visit Chicago and sing in that city. The trip will take place during the spring recess...
Much as Yale wants this race to be rowed, it would be simply an humiliation to accept Harvard's terms proposed in her last letter. If the Harvard representatives choose to meet our president and captain and to take measures in a fair and honorable way to arrange a race, such a race will be rowed next June. If not, Yale ret res from all further discussion on the subject, confident of justification in the eyes of the outside and unprejudiced world. - [News...
Pinky Rosebud: Oh, thanks, Mr. Crayon, you are very kind, but I am afraid that I must return the frame, as mother never allows me to accept presents of any value from gentlemen. [Spectator...
...crew considered themselves competent to decide. We are of the opinion that your graduate committee having full power, the joint committee is competent to bring the whole matter to a satisfactory conclusion under any contingency. We are anxious to meet your crew the coming summer, but decline to accept your challenge until all the preliminaries for the race shall have been decided by our joint committee. Your reply will necessarily terminate this correspondence. If you agree to our views, the graduate committees with full powers can take charge of the whole matter. Other-wise the challenge will be declined...