Word: answering
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...answer to the question "Why has Harvard so poor a reputation in the country at large," President Eliot said that, in his opinion, it was largely owing to religious grounds. Forty years ago Harvard was a sectarian college belonging to the Unitarians, who were then greatly disliked by other denominations. Although Harvard is no longer sectarian, religious hatred still makes men ready to believe anything bad which may be said of it, while they refuse to credit any representations to the contrary. Then, too, we have more rich men's son's here than any other college possesses, and rich...
...answer to a question on Monday evening, President Eliot said that he disapproved of all intercollegiate contests of every kind, and would abolish them if he had the power...
...will probably be out of the question to get a race with Yale or Harvard next summer. We must first show our quality with some crews that they feel that they can down, and if we beat them-and we must-then will Yale and Harvard be bound to answer a challenge from us. We shall undoubtedly challenge the University of Pennsylvania first. They are just beginning to row eights, sent out their first last year, and will be a worthy opponent. Then comes the time for Cornell's first appearance at New London. Columbia would undoubtedly be glad...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON:- In justice to the present treasurer I feel called upon to answer the recent criticism of the management of last year's finances...
...either there must be great waste and loss to the association if a sufficient supply of all perishable things on the list is kept on hand, or if only a little is provided as is now done those alone who order first can be served and the annoying answer "all out" is the only result of the long and tedious waiting of those who order afterwards, Now almost every man in the hall would be willing to give up the order list, or at least to have the number of articles on it lessened if the general fare could...