Word: firm
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...received from the freshman musical organizations. In addition to the crew's expenses a debt of nearly $500 has been handed over by the freshman football management which must also be paid. It rests with the men who have not already subscribed to put the crew on a firm financial basis...
...Revelation mean? These four beings, rather than beasts, are personifications of four qualities necessary to the acceptable service of God. First is the lion standing for courage. To serve God the most necessary of all things is courage. From the first to the last is needed bravery and firmness. There is always temptation to be faced, trials and dangers to be met,- without independence and a firm courage we cannot do it. Next is the ox, the being standing for strength brought under discipline. To be acceptable to God we must learn to sacrifice our own desires, to submit...
...Charles F. McKim, Harvard '40, of the New York firm of McKim, Meade and White, has presented the Yale gymnasium with a valuable cast of Martini's "Victory." The statue is of staff, bronzed over and was one of the principal decorations at the last Harvard-Yale football dinner...
...University. This strikes us as exquisitely inappropriate. A holiday has been established by the State to commemorate the patriotism of those sons who were the pioneers of the nation's independence. Few historic events are more dramatic than the battles of Lexington and Concord; few have so firm hold upon national enthusiasm or so great renown throughout the civilized world. The first educational institution of the land, situated in such proximity to the battle fields, founded and fostered by the same spirit for public welfare that manifested itself there,- certainly such an institution cannot afford to stand coldly aloof while...
...plan of an Intercollegiate Debating Union now bids fair to be successful, and if proper mangement is given to the movement, we see no reason why it should not reach a thoroughly firm basis. It meets a need of the times, and the ready cooperation which has been given by other universities evidences how general is this need. University men are becoming conscious of a certain lack of proportion in the attention given to their different pursuits and are seeking, in various ways, to obtain the needed balance...