Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...rights of the lacrosse team to use the land granted it by President Eliot, and stating that the "game was of very little importance to the university," goes on to say that since it interfered with tennis, "it has been almost an unmitigated nuisance." This is the first clear indication of the growing power of lacrosse, since the Advocate thought it worth while to attack it. But lacrosse now began to boom. On Feb. 23, 1882, it was voted to "invite the lacrosse associations of Princeton, New York University and Columbia to meet in New York city," but this meeting...
...four cents a week per capita in all the reports, and in that case a very simple multiplication by the number of men in the hall would convince him of his error as to the $100. Moreover, although the condensed report in the HERALD was not so clear as the posted one, it is strange he did not notice that the $194 itself is for two months...
These remarks are not idle, for it they fairly indicate the critical nature of this "Boarder's" examination of the reports, it may well be doubted whether there is anything in them not perfectly clear to one who, instead of rushing into print with a question, bestows a fair amount of careful thought on the statements before him. It is desirable, however, that the members of the Dining Association should have clear knowledge of the "crockery" and "repair" assessments and the surplus now happily resulting therefrom. Nothing can be simpler, and, it would seem, more equitable, than the working...
...Laughlin delivered a very able and interesting lecture last night before a large audience, on "The Sub-Treasury System." The lecturer traced the growth of the present system from that formerly in vogue, and afterwards set forth in clear light the defects that now embarrass it. The undesirable relation of the Secretary of the Treasury with the money market, brought about by the act of 1864, in which it is enacted that the banks shall not be depositories for receipts for customs, and which, therefore, forces the treasury to hold in its vaults large amounts of specie, was discussed...
...country, is manifest from the number who crowded Sever Hall last Monday evening. The lecture tomorrow embraces a subject which is of especial interest at the present time, when there is so much controversy concerning the subject of systems of banking and finance. Dr. Laughlin is a clear and able lecturer, and his exposition of this subject must be comprehensive and interesting...