Word: build
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...athletic victory. The students expressed it as their opinion that one of the best methods of celebrating was by having a bonfire on Holmes Field. No decision was reached and after the conference the students voted to present a petition to President Eliot requesting that they be allowed to build a bon-fire on Holmes Field after an athletic victory. The petition will probably be presented to the Faculty at its next meeting, when it will be acted upon...
Phillip Greenleaf Carleton continued for Harvard, showing that since 1883 the policy of the government has been to build battleships. However, the work, he said, is but begun. He went on to show the weakness of the present navy and the insufficiency of land defence alone to protect our immense seacoast. At present we would be unable to prevent a blockade, a landing of troops, or, in many instances, the bombardment of cities...
...which will be needed; but is was felt that every member of the committee should be urged either personally or through friends to bring the project to the attention of persons who might be induced to contribute. Especially is to be remembered that, excepting Memorial Hall, all of the buildings erected at Harvard in our time have been given or bequeathed by individuals singly; men with means, who wish to build a monument either to themselves, or some other, prefer, and naturally prefer, to give all, rather than to have their partial contributions merged unidentified in a general subscription...
Heredity and environment must be considered in making any system of education. While personality can not be undone, we can accept its conditions and build thereon as best...
...Annals of the Am. Acad. of Pol. Science, Jan., 1896, p. 21.- (b) No rights of exclusive control have been conceded to the United States by Nicaragua: S. Webster in Harper's Mag., vol. 87, p. 608, (Sept., 1893).- (1) The treaty of 1867 gave only the right to build the canal.- (c) European powers would not permit exclusive control by the United States: Woolsey in Yale Review, (Feb., '96).- (1) As is shown in England's tenacity in holding to the Clayton-Bulwer treaty.- (x) Pres. Arthur's request to modify the treaty was refused.- (d) It would bring...