Word: diminisher
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...those whose chances rapidly diminish...
...that all were more or less familiar with. The time wasted now in changing from one of our many studies to another, and in getting under way in that, would be much lessened by reducing the number of hours of required work, as that would almost necessarily diminish the number of subjects, and thus the amount learned would be greater and more thorough, although not quite so diverse as at present. We therefore add our strongest wishes of success to the petitioners and only hope that if they succeed, the instructors opposed to the change will not think it necessary...
...reason in this case is that it is desirable to have the interests of the many graduates who are not residents of Massachusetts represented in so important a body as the Board of Overseers. It is undesirable to take a step which shall in any way tend to diminish the number of students at Harvard, to impair the interest which graduates feel in the University, or to increase the all too prevalent suspicion that the authorities of the University desire to maintain a close corporation. If the statutes of the Board of Overseers cannot be interpreted, like those of other...
...SUGGESTION has been made that the college buildings should be heated by steam, in order to diminish the risk of fire, and so make it possible to insure them at less expense than can now be done, and in order to heat rooms that cannot now be heated, and the entries as well. Could steam be introduced simply for the purpose of raising the temperature in very cold rooms, or in case one's fire goes out, it would be well enough; but on grounds of health alone, not to mention the cheerfulness and comfort that an open fire affords...
...Nation is the right one, and that it was a mistake for President Eliot to come forward so prominently and solicit subscriptions for the school. We are sure that President Eliot, after having done so much to give Harvard a national position, would not intentionally take any step to diminish its claim to that position; but it certainly seems to us that his solicitation of subscriptions for the Divinity School has this tendency. After carefully reading Dr. Clarke's arguments we cannot see how the Harvard Divinity School, or any other divinity school, can be really non-sectarian. Holding...