Word: confirming
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Third.- Even if the Radcliffe College degree should explicitly state that the A. B. conferred is equivalent to the degree of A. B. of Harvard College, and if Harvard College is prepared to confirm such a statement, the petitioners are unable to see why the identical degree of Harvard college should not be given to the graduates of Radcliffe...
...captain of last year's team is not reckoned in the above list. He is a senior and entirely eligible to play under the new undergraduate rule, but there is some talk of his playing with the Yale Law School nine. It is stated, however, that Murphy refuses to confirm or deny the rumor...
...college men going into business, certainly in the last year as many as 25 per cent." In the great increase in the number of students the proportion going into the learned professions has declined. "The superficial examinations which I have been able to make," said he, "go to confirm what, a priori, we should expect; that the-question of the length of the college course must be determined somewhat by considering the class whose culture will not be so well taken care of in their future pursuits as that of the lawyer and clergyman. If business is to absorb...
...instructor here in intellectual philosophy and political economy. In 1843 he succeeded Dr. Palfrey as editor and proprietor of the North American Review which he conducted until 1854. He was appointed professor of history in the college in 1850, but the board of overseers refused to confirm the appointment on account of his unpopular views on politics. Three years later, however, he was unanimously confirmed as Alford professor to succeed Dr. Walker...