Word: effective
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...from that which exists, and which one would wish for. He further said that the demands for books of this sort was due to the low tastes in some classes, caused in part by the literature of the day, but that such a book would have no effect on the general tone of the people. The question was commented upon from the floor, then the Conference adjourned...
Professor Shaler will deliver a lecture on "The Effect of Geographical Conditions on Life," this evening in the Lowell Institute course...
...Furthermore, that the changes be made suddenly and in order, that their combined effect may powerfully revive the interest of athletics in the college...
...prize dissertations on medical science have been announced. The first, to which a prize of $200 is attached, is "May the cause of typhoid fever in the human species originate in animals other than man?" The second, for which a prize of $150 is offered, is "The effect of desiccation on animal and vegetable tissues." In determining the prize essay, preference will be given to the one exhibiting original work. All dissertations must be placed in the hands of the secretary on or before Wednesday, April...
...reason for objecting to the publication of such articles is that they have their effect among the more ignorant and prejudiced people, and their result is detrimental to the college. But Harvard has a sufflcient hold on the more intelligent classes which enables it to keep on its noble course undaunted, and scorn the insults of anonymous writers...