Word: civilization
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There is an interesting article in Friday's Princetonian on party feeling of the students during the Civil...
...which a man has to undergo at present in searching for the room of an acquaintance. We on the lower floor especially are continually bored by requests from utter strangers "to have the kindness to tell me where I can find Mr. So-and-So." Of course we are civil enough to consult our index or catalogue and oblige the gentlemen, but we are bored none the less. But if the authorities would expend a few dollars on arrangements such as Felton is provided with, the trouble would be remedied. As spring approaches, the number of visitors to the college...
...Lawrence Scientific school has had most of its functions assumed by the college, and now the best way to get the degree of civil engineer is to first take that of A. B. and then spend one more year as a graduate on technical engineering...
...German salary will stand the test of a direct comparison of marks and dollars much better than has been generally believed. Salary must, however, be understood in the sense of income, and must, for purposes of comparison, include the various lecture fees, examination fees, both for the civil examinations and doctor examinations, the allowance for rent, and occasional immunity from various taxes, to say nothing of the various travelling stipendia, of the definite prospect of pension, and of the permanency of tenure...
...Union debate closed at so late hour last night that it almost shut itself out of a report. The question of Mr. Cleveland's purpose and achievements in the Civil Service Cause were fully discussed. The affirmative Having a little the best of the time as parties in the offensive always do. Messrs. Merriam and Sanford opened for their sides and Messrs. Saunders and Rich closed...