Word: exceeded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Johns Hopkins, 49; University of Michigan, 47; Yale, 46; Princeton, 39. The salaries paid to professors at American universities and colleges are very small when compared to the general wealth of the country and the cost of living. The highest are those in Columbia, a few of which exceed $5,000 a year. In Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins and Cornell they generally fall below...
...awarded by the American Economic Association for the best essay on "The Evil Effects of Unrestricted Immigration." This prize is offered by America, the new Chicago weekly, and the essay will be known as the "America Prize Essay." Any person is eligible to competition, provided his article does not exceed 25,000 words, and is received by the secretary of the Association before April 31st, 1889. Each essay must be type-written, signed by a fictitious name, and accompanied by a sealed envelope containing the name assumed as well as the address of the author...
Competing essays are not to exceed eight thousand words, must be signed by some other than the writer's name, and sent to the office of the League, No. 23 West Twenty-third street, New York City, on or before March 1, 1889, accompanied by the name and address of the writer, and by a certificate of standing signed by some officer of the college to which he belongs, in a separate sealed envelope (not to be opened until the successful essays have been determined), marked by a word or symbol corresponding with the signature of the essay. All essays...
...fall under prosperous conditions. For nine years this institution has existed, while each succeeding year has shown a gradual increase in the number of students. This year the increase is particularly large, there being at present a total of 98, while at no time last year did the number exceed eighty. The number of specials has increased much over that of last year. Many new courses have been added to last year's list, the most important of which are those of the Latin, Greek, English and French departments. An extensive physical laboratory was built during the summer...
...presidency of the United States. There will be a roll call of States, and the principal candidates will be nominated when their States are called. The nominating speeches for the chief candidates will be made by speakers who have been chosen for the occasion, and will not exceed ten minutes each. Then speeches of five minutes can be made seconding previous nominations or nominating candidates not hitherto brought forward, and all members of the University are invited to speak...