Word: establish
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...modern American college. But the more liberal of the colleges, and Harvard, no doubt, among them, have come to recognize that undergraduate opinion should, to a certain extent, be respected. Indeed, this belief has been carried so far that in one or two instances attempts have been made to establish a system of self government among the college classes. Undergraduate opinion, it should always be remembered, is likely before long to become graduate opinion. Many of the peculiar beliefs of undergraduate life are no doubt laid aside on leaving college; but fully as many more, it can be said with...
...years. But as yet the absence of a permanent capital has clogged the workings to a slight degree. Under the circumstances it is a matter of congratulation that the society have succeeded as well as they have. It is a well known fact that the English have endeavored to establish such a school but they have not been successful. The projectors of the enterprise have been bitterly reproached with the fact that the Americans have succeeded in accomplishing in a twelve-month what the English have been unable to do in years. The Russians have also been attempting a school...
...reading room. It is entitled, "A Review of Prof. Sumner's Speech before the Tariff Commission," and is written by one George Basil Dixwell, quiscumque sit. The ostensible purpose of the book is a refutation of Professor Sumner's speech; but the real object is clearly an attempt to establish the folly of free trade, and the wisdom of protection. The tone of the book is fiery and decidedly discourteous; but in this the reviewer seems only to have outdone his economic opponent. It is unfortunate that the language employed by Mr. Sumner was dogmatic rather than argumentative...
...illustrate the follies of "scientific" warfare. Prof. Child instances the fact that to build and equip a modern ironclad costs about as much as it would to establish such a university as Harvard...
...McCosh proposes to retire from the position of president of the college and to establish at Princeton a great School of Philosophy, including mental, moral and political science, with history...