Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sorry to record, are mighty scarce in Princeton. Our record has degenerated, until now we are at the very bottom of the list of colleges. This fact, in addition to the cold water thrown on field sports by the supporters of base-ball and lacrosse, makes doubly difficult the effort to revivify the interest in the sport. We have no men of great promise, and if we do send a good team to New York next spring, it will be developed from new and untried material...
...with the consent of parents and guardians, and on good reason first given by a physician." Money was very scarce in those days and a frequent delinquent who had the ill-luck to be detected in his wrong-doing would soon find himself impoverished. Indeed ready cash was so difficult to attain that the term bills were often paid in kind, butter, cheese, fruit, etc., being the commodities offered in exchange for education...
...copy of every examination paper and placing it on file in the library. This was done for some time prior to 1883. Since then, for some unaccountable reason, no papers have been saved, and as the courses are apt to change a little every few years, it is extremely difficult to get an adequate idea of what the approaching examination is to be like from those old papers. If the authorities knew what a help it is to the students when grinding for an examination to see a copy of a former paper in the same course, we are sure...
...president and fellows have tried, through their treasurer, to manage the financial affairs of the university in a prudent and conservative way, though on the principle of applying their entire income to the objects of their trust. Since 1873 the times have been somewhat difficult for the trustees who had large permanent obligations like teacher's salaries, to meet with the diminishing income of safe investments in those 13 years the rate of income on the general investments of the university has fallen from 7 44 100 to 5 19-100 per cent, and it is still falling. The corporation...
German A. I will translate "La Rabbiata" slowly and carefully, explaning difficult passages and answering questions at 3 p.m. to-day. Admission 75 cents. H. P. Johnson...