Word: fitting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...these books will have to be moved before the work of alteration can begin, which will be about the first of July. The process of moving so great a number of books is very laborious and cannot be accomplished in less than three weeks. The present plan is to fit up Lower Massachusetts as a temporary reading room and to deposit the reserved books there...
...discipline are absolutely necessary to the man who would withstand sudden temptation. He must have that power to command which grows out of the power to obey. This Jesus calls faith; it is that loyalty of love which makes a man trust his commander, and so makes him fit to be trusted in return. Jesus himself spoke with authority because he was under the authority of His Father...
...brute instincts which they have been sedulously cultivating through three months of training by "employing more men to watch the players," so as to prevent foul and vicious playing. What sane man can dispute President Eliot's conclusion that "a game which needs to be so watched is not fit for genuine sportsmen"? Nor will it be any easier for men whose livelihood or fame or animal gratifications do not depend upon the game, to disagree with his verdict that it is "unfit for college use." In this be speaks as the educator, mindful of his duty to the young...
...number of boys coming from Andover. More came from Andover this year than in any other year within the last twenty-five. Andover was originally a Harvard school exclusively, but has for a long time been primarily a Yale school. It has at times been impossible to fit for Harvard at Andover, but now there is every opportunity for such preparation there and Harvard is rapidly regaining its hold. Recently Principal Bancroft said that there will be more boys coming from Andover next year than this year, and the indications are that in 1896 there will be as many coming...
...Moore, the graduate manager of athletics, is planning to make some changes at the boat houses before spring. Estimates have been made and the proposed improvements will cost about $500. It is proposed to fit up the smaller building to the west for the use of the 'varsity crew and to have the other building for the class crews. New and larger bath rooms will be put into the buildings. A definite decision will be arrived at after Mr. Moore and Mr. Watson have visited the boat houses to discuss the contemplated changes...