Word: considerably
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...something out of the Fayerweather will case. At the court on Wednesday the three executors drew up a statement in which they relinquished all their claims as residuary legatees. As this claim amounted to somewhere between $1,000,000 and $1,500,000, their action is of considerable importance to those to whom the money will now go. The executors state that they give the property in trust to various colleges mentioned in Mr. Fayerweather's will. Harvard was not mentioned in the will, but in this apportionment of the residuary estate she is set down...
This evil for which some of them are responsible is the injustice of their marking methods. Men do not come to college to get high marks; but of the men who apply for scholarships, it is the marks which frequently determine whether or not they shall remain in college. To...
There is one aspect of the proposal to shorten the course to three years which has not been touched upon except casually; and that is the effect which such a change would have on the athletic and social life of the students. Professor James in his article in the Monthly...
Professor Smith has taken this step in order to spend more time upon the duties of his Professorship. Two years ago he determined to give up his Deanship, but was induced to delay his resignation until this year so that the new system might be got well under way. He...
...York alumni have shown that they know how to appreciate hard work. The presentation of cups by them to the eleven is the expression of the amount of active interest which these graduates take in college athletics in general, and in our own teams in particular. This thoughtfulness and consideration is more than welcome; and it does not a little to increase the effective desire of winning, and makes a victory all the more valuable. If we were able to bring about a similar loyal spirit, a similar active appreciation of hard work and fair methods, on the part...