Word: exceptional
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...present silver had been the people's money. Miners on the whole do not make money, and therefore it cannot be objection-able to protect them. Mr. W. Wells, '90, closed the debate. In 1878, he said, the New York Clearing house refused to accept silver dollars except at their real value. A panic was only prevented by the passage of a law compelling national banks to receive the silver dollar at its face value. We ought not to run the risk of permanently impairing our credit merely for the sake of the senators who buy their seats with...
...statement in regard to the conditins under which you and the rest of the College boys went to England. I had an interview with Mr. A. G. Hodges last evening and gave him a letter to the effect that you went purely for pleasure, and that no money except for your absolute expenses, was allowed. I can go still further and say that no money was paid to any of the gentlemen except upon their presentation of vouchers covering the amount of the preceeding week's expenses, all of which vouchers I have in my desk and can produce...
...number of the Advocate is without exception the worst for several years. Not only are some of the articles without merit but several have grave faults, and the number as a whole has no redeeming features.- except its copious clippings from the Christian Union. The first editorial discusses the football question in a spirit hardly compatible with the principles of fair play laid down by Harvard. The writer urges that our position should be maintained simply because we have adopted it, and concludes: "At any-rate whatever happens-since Harvard has taken a certain course we think men ought...
...Week's Sport, in an interesting summary of the season's work, says: The style of play has not materially altered from that of last season, except that kicking has become more popular and effective. Last year it was the common practice never to kick until forced by the third down; this year many a good punt has been put in at the second down, and some even at the first. The tackling has improved, and there are today almost no poor tacklers on any of the association teams. The running would not have been by any means able...
...students in the university is 1477 divided into the following classes: Graduate courses, 81; Yale college, 736; Sheffield Scientific School, 343; Art School, 42; Divinity School, 136; Medical School, 54: Law School, 111. These figures show an increase in the number of students in every department of the university except the Art School. The total increase over last year is 112. In 1888-89 there was an increase of 120 over the previous year...