Word: establishments
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...tandem is put in to help to establish a good record for the course and not to benefit any one rider...
President Schurman proposes that when Cornell gets its share of the Fayer-weather bequest, it shall be used to establish a pension fund for the benefit of professors who have retired from teaching on account of age. He suggests that the maximum pension be $2000, and the age limit of active service be fixed at 65 years...
...been copied, is especially interesting now in view of the discussion of the subject which has been taken up within recent years. The fact that with the growth of Harvard and its development along what may roughly be termed American lines, the old "college" system disappeared, would seem to establish the view that its application under present conditions would be impracticable...
...announced that Yale has chosen the negative of the question selected for the Yale-Princeton Debate. "Resolved; That it would be wise to establish in respect of all state legislation of a general character, a system of referendum similar to that established in Switzerland." The interpretation of the question is as follows: "State legislation," refers to an enactment by a State legislature; "of a general character" means affecting general as distinct from particular interests, and does not necessarily refer to geographical application...
...money recently subscribed to establish a memorial to the late Dr. Peabody, will be used, in part to place a tablet to his memory in Appleton Chapel...