Word: certainly
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Among the specimens illustrating the products of maize is a set of twenty-five large jars obtained through the kindness of Professor Sharples. Among the principal ones are starch, British gum, American gum, closely resembling gum arabic, certain sugars and caramels, corn oil, gluten meal, and the various cattle feeds. Near this are ears of corn illustrating the more important varieties of maize, from that of Mexico, in which each kernel is covered with a separate husk, to the very minute ears of the smallest popcorn. As opportunity offers, the other cereals are to be illustrated in the same...
...directors of the Cooperative Society have under consideration a proposal to establish a new department in its business, by keeping in stock and selling certain kinds of cooked food. An opportunity exists for securing soups and other articles of food, thoroughly and neatly prepared, and of high nutritive quality, in a form which makes it feasible to carry them away and use them at clubs or rooms. Before taking any steps, the directors wish to get some indication as to the probable demand for such articles, and have appointed a committee, of which I am chairman, to make inquiries...
President Coulter of Lake Forest University in a recent address presented the following statistics concerning the expenses of some of the larger institutions of learning. The figures are of interest as showing that nearly every college man is in a certain sense educated by charity...
...present $589.07. The books which are in the hands of a committee of students have not as yet been called in for a report and the progress of the fund among the undergraduates is consequently uncertain as regards precise figures. That the students are giving generally is certain. The treasurer's book shows a sum of $46.00 subscribed but not yet paid...
...such an occurrence might be cited as a precedent in future requests. On the other hand, if the New Harvard Union officials secured permission to hold the address in Sanders Theatre, and if it was not made explicit to them that the theatre could not be used before a certain hour, they were quite justified in making final arrangements with Mr. Irving. The cause of the trouble is an unfortunate misunderstanding...