Word: expectation
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...conditions under which ex-President White, of Cornell, gave his extensive library to the University was that a School of History and Political Science should be founded. The Executive Committee of the University has been engaged for several months on the organization of this school, and expect to have the work completed in June. No effort will be spared to strengthen the department in every way possible as it is intended that the courses offered shall be the most complete given in this country. It is announced that two new fellowships of $500 each will be established. At a meeting...
...management expect this to be a very interesting meeting, and hope that the members of the H. A. A. will accept this invitation. Harvard men will be admitted only after showing their tickets of membership to the H. A. A. It will be remembered that the Northwestern University team challenged Harvard to a pull a few months...
Such efforts as these we have spoken of, directed with such wise precision, are doing much to change for the better popular estimation of our college. Great institutions like Harvard must always expect to be misrepresented; but we can do an infinite amount of counteracting good for our college by showing to those who have so misjudged us the truth...
...Grade B represents satisfactory work and is what the average student should aim to receive but not always expect" says the prospectus issued by the faculty. In order to become an Honor man the student must not get below B and no one can be considered a candidate for a scholarship who gets more than one C. In addition to this, their faithfulness and effort are indicated in three grades by the figures 1, 2, and 3; 1 indicates a high degree of faithfulness and effort; 2, a spasmodic effort, and 3, indifference...
Their present backwardness, however, is due almost entirely to the enforced delays; so that there is every reason to expect that with hard conscientious work the club will be fully up to the usual standard. Nothing but praise can be found for the work of their leader, Taylor, and the freshman class may congratulate itself on having its glee club in such excellent hands...