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Word: conform (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1870-1879
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...students will be required to conform to such rules and regulations as the janitor of their building may see fit to make...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOW TO DRAW A ROOM; | 3/21/1879 | See Source »

...particular sect would be contrary to its policy. Even if five sixths of the men in college were Episcopalians, and were dissatisfied with the present time of the vacation, they would have no right, as Episcopalians, to demand a change. If they wish to have the vacations arranged to conform to the festivals and fasts of their church, I am afraid they will have to go elsewhere...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 3/7/1879 | See Source »

...period when learning was the special privilege of the few, but now, when education runs through the public schools and colleges free to all as the water that satisfies the thirsty, affairs are changed, and institutions of learning must be guided by the progress of events, and conform to the present condition of the world...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE NEW SYSTEM OF HONORS. | 3/7/1879 | See Source »

...causes of the immense progress at Oxford in recent as compared with former years has been the operation of the University, Tests Abolition Act. In America many are still accustomed to think of Oxford as a university where everybody is obliged to sign the Thirty-nine Articles and conform with the established church, but such is not now the fact. This act abolished subscription to any and all formularies of faith as a condition of admission, or taking lay degree and lay academical or collegiate offices...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OXFORD. | 11/22/1878 | See Source »

...order to assist the Committee in carrying out their plans, and render the roping-in of the Yard effectual, the students are requested to conform strictly to the above arrangements...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS DAY. | 6/14/1878 | See Source »

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