Word: direction
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...college manifests so little interest in the annual meetings of the various athletic clubs. After the splendid record made by the crimson in the contests of last year it would certainly seem that the students might take the trouble to be present at the meetings which have so direct a bearing upon the athletic future of the college. It is an old theme, it is true, and one that has furnished the Harvard press with many an editorial, yet it is difficult to be silent when the same spirit of indifference manifests itself year after year. What...
...action taken by the overseers in recommending that no degrees be here-after conferred save for merit only, is the direct outcome of the Butler debate of two years ago, and should meet with approval by every one who desires to maintain the dignity and meaning of the higher degrees. Every commencement time has become, under the habit of bestowing honorary degrees, a time not of recognizing merit and rewarding it, but an occasion for an undignified attempt to increase the influence of a college by giving men, eminent in other departments than in learning, titles which are properly...
...operative Society has made arrangements with agents in Paris and Liepsic for the direct importation of French and German books. The intention is to send orders in a lump at stated periods. The packages will arrive three times a year, about Oct. 1, Dec 15, and March 15. In addition, orders will be taken during the academic year, for books to be forwarded immediately by mail, whenever they are wanted in advance of the regular import time. The expense of postage in such cases will be charged to the buyer...
...past quarter of a century, and the large number of college bred men who have entered this profession-for if it be not now a profession, it is fast becoming one-have given rise to much discussion as to the advisability of colleges establishing courses which would have a direct bearing in educating men who intend to make this their life work. It seems to be the universal opinion of practical newspaper men that the only way to get any insight into their profession is by an apprenticeship on a paper, and that it is impracticable for colleges to attempt...
...operative Society has made arrangements with agents in Paris and Liepsic for the direct importation of French and German books. The intention is to send orders in a lump at stated periods. The packages will arrive three times a year, about Oct. 1, Dec 15, and March 15. In addition, orders will be taken during the academic year, for books to be forwarded immediately by mail, whenever they are wanted in advance of the regular import time. The expense of postage in such cases will be charged to the buyer...