Word: amount
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...candidates for coxswain of the university and freshman crews will now be admitted to the rowing room during practice. All candidates are expected to attend practice with a fair amount of regularity...
...meeting of the Faculty yesterday afternoon was a special one, and the amount of business prevented a consideration of the freshman petition. It will come up at the regular meeting of next Tuesday...
Speaking generally there seems to us no valid reason why Harvard should not have a successful team this year as well as any year. Her facilities for practice are certainly as good as those of any other college, and her amount of amount of possible material clearly greater. All that is needed, therefore, is a little real energy. We cannot afford, no college represented at Mott Haven can afford, to let a single event pass uncontested when there is even a possible chance of victory. By neglecting to send a team this year we reduce materially our chances of winning...
...numerous requests for money that the Exeter Academy faculty has received from people to whom the academy student associations were in debt, it has been decided to appoint a treasurer from the faculty. This treasurer shall not permit bills to be contracted unless he has a sufficient amount of money to pay for the same. Mr. Fowler was appointed for all social entertainments, and Mr. Dudley, Harvard '87, is to act for the interest of the Athletic association, Tennis association, and the Glee and Banjo clubs...
...There can be no absolute property in land. (a) Land is indispensable to life. (b) Land varies in fertility, accessibility, and desirableness. (c) Land is limited in amount.- S. B. Clark's Current Objections, pp. 12-5. 2. Its use and occupancy must be regulated by a just law. (a) It is within the functions of government. (b) A discriminating tax is the only method.- Clark's Objections, p. 13; Walker's Pol. Econ...