Word: effective
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...statement made in the October Miscellany to the effect that Mr. John Guy Vassar gav $25,000 to Vassar College during the summer is a mistake. The money was presented to the Vassar Institute. [Vassar Miscellany...
...pursued a course of study equivalent in amount and quality to that for which the degree of Bachelor of Arts is conferred in Harvard College, and has passed in a satisfactory manner examinations on that course, corresponding to the college examinations." A fourth student received a certificate to the effect that she had "successfully pursued, through a period of four years, a course of Liberal study given under the auspices of this Society by instructors in Harvard College." In addition to these two certificates, there is another which is given to students at the completion of each year of study...
...recent defeat which the freshman eleven received at Andover seems to be having a very injurious effect on their prospects for success with Yale. The men are not playing with their old snap and vigor, while the interest in the game seems to be rapidly diminishing...
...upon the alarming proportion of non-swimmers and upon the desirability of giving some instruction in this useful accomplishment. The question has been discussed time and again here at Harvard. At regular intervals the college press presents its time-worn article upon the subject, each time without the least effect. In view of the repeated failures to bring about any results, it seems hardly worth while to refer to the subject again. But at the risk of growing monotonous, we again wish to call the attention of the college and of its friends to the subject of a swimming-bath...
...habit of attending fires in Boston, as it had the effect of withdrawing the attention of the students from their duties, soon incurred the disapproval of the faculty and was the real cause of the dissolution of the company. a large fire in Boston was the occasion of great rejoicing among the students. They were always warmly welcomed but it is doubtful if their assistance was very valuable. Wearied with their labors in fighting the flames, they were accustomed to leave behind them their engine which was generally sent out to Cambridge soon afterwards by the authorities in Boston...