Word: admittedly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...valuable surveying instruments" out of pawn. Lines of argument in the discussion of "What is the cause of volcanic action?" and "Are earthquakes the result of a single cause?" would be too easily suggested by the recent College House explosion. "Was the rush of October 8th premeditated?" might possibly admit of some doubt, but no one could hesitate in telling "What are the causes of climatic change?" - at least no one who has ever called upon his highness, the Chancellor of the (college) Exchequer...
...colleges of New England do not keep pace with the growth of the population. Not only is the growth of the colleges alarmingly small, but the progress of the preparatory schools is equally unsatisfactory. President Eliot believed that it is a relaxation on the part of the colleges to admit students by certificate from a large number of schools, and makes admission far too easy...
students works well there or would prove a success here, we do not attempt to say, but certainly all will admit that the more college men are treated as men the more satisfactory it is to them, and the more enjoyable is life to a faculty who can rejoice in agreeable relations with the students...
...Yard tickets are collected at the gates. Memorial tickets admit the bearers to the yard, and are not collected at the gates...
...gates, eager for a chance to enter; again, be sure time none of these creatures pass themselves off as belonging to your party. To obviate this last evil, which in the past has been a prolific cause of trouble, the committee have decided that a yard ticket shall admit a gentleman and but two ladies. If the committee succeed in shutting off this "supply" they will be doing the college a great service...