Word: exactions
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...composite picture of the class of '87 of Amherst College is said to be an exact likeness of Guiteau as he appeared on the day before his execution...
...that it matters little whether they are counted or not; but as Harvard this year registers nearly if not quite 100 new special students, it would be fair, according to the Yale method of computation, to call the entering class at Cambridge over 400 strong. The exact figures cannot of course be known until after the pending examinations are completed. If any material increase is made this year in the number of students in the Harvard professional schools, the whole number of students in the university is likely to be about 2000, an aggregate of which Americans may well...
...winter, the matter has dragged along without any definite conclusion until now it is so late that a race cannot well be arranged. The special cable published in the Globe some time ago gave in an impetus to the lagging interest in the prospective race, and told the exact state of feeling at the time in the English university. As a result of the Globe's interest in the matter, more letters have passed between the captains of the two crews, but no definite arrangement has been arrived at. As Cambridge began the correspondence, it was expected that a challenge...
...probably enter the race. This would afford college men an excellent opportunity for watching the crew before they leave for New London, and it is to be hoped that a number will be at the finish on the Beacon street wall. Friday's morning papers will probably tell the exact time when the boats start...
...great injustice. A week would be an ample period of expiation. Then again the present fine of ten cents a day for overdue books is outrageous. In the multiplicity of things which engage a student's attention he is not at all to blame for forgetting the exact day when a book is due. If a book is kept beyond the proper time, a postal shoud be sent, and the delinquent should be fined two cents, one for the postal and one for the clerical labor involved. As things are now, the library seems inclined to speculate on the misfortunes...