Word: establish
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...next meeting of the Harvard Union will be on Thursday, Jan. 6, 1881. Debate on, Resolved, That the British Government should re-establish its authority in Ireland before legislating on the land question. Affirmative, Messrs. Hoar, '82, and Maude, '81; negative, Messrs. Jameson, '81, and Putnam...
...that, if the Freshmen of Harvard ('82) insisted on rowing their projected race with Columbia, they would find it to their advantage to accept the offer of the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen, which was then making a creditable (though, as the result has proved, an ineffective) attempt to establish an "American Henley," by offering expensive challenge cups for the exclusive competition of undergraduate crews. As a matter of fact, however, the Freshmen of Columbia, as well as those of Harvard, grew heartily sick of their proposed contest long before the day for rowing it really arrived, and mutually abandoned...
...would care enough for a minor race to remain there several days, or even one night, to see it. It has already been declared by those who have arranged several races that to have two races in one day would be very undesirable, if not impossible, so that "to establish the custom of an annual Freshman race, to be rowed at New London at the time of the 'Varsity," as suggested by the Advocate, would not be possible...
THOSE who have read the last annual report of the President will remember the recommendation contained there of establishing a system of promotion for instructors: a Tutor to be raised, after a certain time, to the rank of Assistant Professor; an Assistant Professor to the rank of Professor. The recommendation met with the approval of all friends of education. Only recently there was a chance of carrying out the President's plan. But carried out it was not. By some good fortune Harvard was enabled to establish a chair in Sanskrit, - a subject for the tuition of which little financial...
...have not intended to find fault with the Faculty as the cause of these evils. We cannot expect the present small corps of English instructors to do further duty. But we can expect that an earnest appeal shall be made for sufficient funds to establish new professorships, or procure new assistants, in this important branch of study. But while the present overcrowding of both instructors and students continues, it will be difficult to induce men of high reputation to come here, men worthy of sitting in company with the many truly famous professors whose names appear upon our catalogue...