Word: account
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...last annual report the president of Harvard College gives a very interesting and encouraging account of that institution's efforts to promote the teaching of the English language and English literature in the preparatory schools, by steadily increasing requirements in this respect as conditions of admission to college. It appears that, with the exception of Yale College, all the leading educational institutions of New England have united with Harvard in the movement, and have issued identical lists of the literary works with which freshmen are required to be familiar. So far as the purpose of this endeavor is concerned...
...Prof. Drummond so earnestly advocated for the carrying on of religious work, and which Amherst and other colleges have so enthusiastically taken hold of, has also received much attention at Yale. In spite of the obvious effectiveness of the deputation system, the plan at first seemed hardly feasible on account of the expenditure of time and money which it involved, the scarcity of good speakers, and the inexperience of all; but, after much discussion it was agreed that all who would be willing to go on deputations should send their names to the secretary. Over sixty men volunteered. A "silent...
...building of the new Boston Athletic Association will be ready for occupation in October. Work was suspended for six weeks, partly on account of delay in the delivery of some of the material and partly owing to the severity of the weather, but it is now being pushed with activity. About one-third has been roofed, and out of 2,000,000 bricks to be used in its construction over a million and a half have been laid...
...semi-annual examination in Freshman Chemistry has caused many members of '91 to accept lucrative positions, and, also, many to leave the Tech on account of trouble with their eyes.- Tech...
...Sunday's Herald was a long account of base-ball, its history and development...