Word: broader
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...notwithstanding the emphatic reaction that seems to be going on at present in this country, is steadily losing ground and growing less and less important as a factor of college life. And this is not to be regretted; for, in proportion as the narrower spirit of class declines, a broader university spirit springs up in its place. Harvard has reached a successful mean between a too intense class spirit and a too bloodless university spirit, barring perhaps a partial survival of the former in her freshman class, one anomaly of the many anomalies of that institution at Harvard. That class...
...History III. yesterday morning were considerably amused by a young setter pup who persisted in remaining in the lecture room, and seemed desirous of acquiring a broader knowledge of the English constitution...
...late Dr. J. W. Draper, professor in the University of the City of New York, was of English birth and education, although he received his degree of M. D. at the University of Pennsylvania. His reputation was even broader in Europe than in this country, and several of his works received their first publication abroad. His "Intellectual Development of Europe" has been translated into many languages. The best known of his other works are: "The Conflict Between Religion and Science," "History of the American Civil War," "A Text Book of Chemistry" and "Human Physiology...
...broader levels, that the glass...
...wish, however, to give the impression that the St. Paul's desires to establish an Episcopal church in the College Yard. The fundamental idea is simply this. A society desires a broader field for its exertions, and certain friends are willing to give it this opportunity by their contributions, if the Corporation will assign it a convenient lot of land. Instead of asking for room in a College building, they desire room for a building on College land...