Word: bestow
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...first two causes are, or should be, easily removable. The offensive lines were not directed at Princeton, as they were interpreted, but at the general consternation now prevailing among sectarian institutions. As for the second complaint, it was impossible twice to bestow a degree upon Dr. McCosh, and Professor Young's absence from the anniversary, we understand, cost...
...papers do not fill up more or less of their space with comments on "Our Exchanges." Whoever would know the inter-relations of college papers has but to search for this heading, and beneath it read the compliments, slanders, questions, and suggestions which one worthy sheet sees fit to bestow on its loved, or hated, contemporaries...
...main object of all our examinations is to test individual proficiency with sufficient definiteness to enable the university to bestow its degrees and honors. Any such testing, however, must evidently be based on the character of individual work; otherwise it is not merely unjust, but it is a farce, pretending to represent what it really ignores. Now the character of individual work at Harvard varies with every man, and is resolvable only into the nature of the several courses he pursues. We must, therefore, lay down as a general rule for every examination, that it shall represent, in its method...
...original design was carried out for a number of years; but recently, the trustees, being widely separated and engaged in distracting pursuits, began to find it hard to hit upon suitable young men upon whom they might bestow the income. The original sum of $13,000 had increased, by careful investment, to about $35,000; and the gentlemen, finding their work becoming too difficult laid the case before the donor, Prof. Tyndall, begging him to receive back the fund, or make some other disposition...
...dormitories. The list of the freshman class shows an increased percentage of those who are compelled to room outside the college buildings. There is plenty of available ground within the limits of the yard, and there are many rich alumni of Harvard who are anxiously awaiting a chance to bestow large fortunes upon the university. Under such favorable circumstances it seems as if something might be done that would add a charm to many a man's student life, and also save him from the positively cruel knives of the local landlords...