Word: equal
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Oberlin boasts of being the first college that admitted women on equal terms with men, but to the University of Wisconsin belongs the honor of having graduated a larger number of women than any other co-educational institution.-Pennsylvanian...
...college alone there is a gain of 124 students over last year. These facts attest that the prosperity which has marked Harvard's career in the past is not yet on the wane, and that we may look forward to the time when our classes will equal in numbers those of the large English universities. The number of scholarships has been largely increased by recent bequests, and we can assert with greater truth than ever that no man need fear, on the score of poverty, to make Harvard his home...
...which was sure to ensue, would be the signal for the overthrow of the Republic, and so refused to keep his promise. If the leaders of the Chambers had not had great sagacity, we should now be witnessing the honors of the Commune. Fortunately for France the men were equal to the occasion. Both branches of the legislature passed unanimous resolutions calling on the president to resign, and Grevy reluctantly yielded. The danger was not yet over; the mass of the deputies were determined to elect Ferry, who was hated by the populace. With remarkable patriotism, Ferry withdrew from...
...work of Briggs, and later the "double pages" of Purdon, showed vast improvement over the work of the early artists. The work of Mr. Stewart was undoubtedly the finest that ever appeared in the Lampoon, and it is probable that a good many years will pass before work of equal merit will appear in the paper...
Hector Cowan, '88 of Princeton is without an equal among American foot-ball players.- Phila. Press...