Word: excessive
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Agassiz, in his recent report to the president and fellows, reports that "the unexpected demand for instruction is in excess of our accommodation. . . . It will be absolutely essential, in order to maintain the unity of organization on which so much care and money have been expended, to provide additional quarters for the accommodation of the increasing number of students, and the natural demands for expansion in the specialties of each department. At the present moment an additional section of the museum would barely meet our requirements." We understand that work will commence on this another season. Nor is the interest...
...athletic interest among the students, and of what is coming to be universal among us, regular exercise. In 1879-80, there were 474 lockers in use, 1880-81, 579; and for the succeeding years, 583, 803, 831, 895, and 931. At present there are just fifty applications in excess of the accommodations. In all other departments of the gymnasium the same increased interest is evident, especially in the bowling alleys where at present the freshman reigns supreme, in and out of hours...
...will be seen that in Massachusetts the greatest gain has been made; 10 in excess of '88 and 9 more than in '89. California has been increasing steadily in the number of men sent here, and the prospect for Harvard in the far west is very encouraging Rhode Island has shown up well for '90, having sent 7 men here this year...
...well cooked and wholesome. Because it is well served is no reason for supposing that it is injurious. Nature has made us with different tastes and powers of digestion. It is well not to be too watchful lest we become hypochondriacs. Tea and coffee should not be taken in excess. Alcohol, on account of its disturbing effect on the digestion, should be used sparingly, especially by young people...
...example of these confessions, we find that on "November 4, 1712, A - was publickly admonished in the College Hall, and there confessed his Sinfull Excess, and his enormous profanation of the Holy Name of Almighty God. And he demeaned himself so that the President and Fellows conceived great hopes that he will not be lost...