Word: effective
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Tuesday morning the petition granted by the city went into effect. The cars now stop in front of Thurston...
...School merit in men from other colleges has been recognized and that "outsiders" have been put on the same level with Harvard men. The spirit shown is an admirable one, and goes far to disprove whatever ideas there may be floating around the world to the effect that Harvard is inordinately exclusive and that at Harvard only a Harvard man is worth any consideration...
...subject of ventilation in college recitation rooms has been the theme of numberless complaints. These protests seem to have had little effect, however, as the air in many of the rooms continues abominable. The surprising part of it all is that the men themselves do not take one of the remedies into their own hands, and open some windows. A class will sit through a recitation with every window tight shut, will grow drowsier every minute the air grows worse, and yet no one will have the common sense to open two windows a few inches...
...over in a much shorter time. From the recommendations of the Association it is difficult to make out whether they mean the grammar school course to be shortened, or whether it should remain the same length but carry the pupil further. In either case the change would have its effect on the colleges. In the former instance the student would enter college earlier, graduate earlier, and get to work on his professional studies at an earlier age. This is one way of bringing about the same result as that advocated by the supporters of the three years' course...
...meeting of the trustees Tuesday night Rev. William J. Tucker, D. D., professor of sacred rhetoric in Andover Theological Seminary, was elected president of Dartmouth College, to succeed President S. O. Bartlett, whose resignation will take effect next commencement...