Word: forwards
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...week. In the fall of 1882 this school was founded by the Archaeological Institute of America, of which Professor Charles Eliot Norton is now President. The inability to provide permanent quarters for the College at Athens was the subject for discussion at this convention. The Greek Government has come forward with the offer of a convenient site for the proposed building, and has shown great interest in the project. Energetic efforts are being made in this country to raise funds for the building. It is estimated that the building will cost about $20,000, of which amount only...
...interfering with the most radical ideas of a liberal education, are multiplying, and now lastly but by no means of the least import comes the welcome intelligence that the faculty have decided in favor of semi-annual examinations. We are to be no longer tortured by a fearful looking forward to frequent judgements during the ten weary months of college work - the roots of such learning as we have acquired are to be permitted to sink deeply into the soil without being endangered by such exposure as must come when the over-inquisitive professor insists upon digging them...
...agent, larger quarters can be obtained, more papers placed on file, and the accommodations increased. We do not beg for support for the reading-room, but we do assert most emphatically that it can be made a vital source of good in our college, and that all who step forward with their initiation fees will receive full compensation...
...decades. The journalists and the politicians who have had the advantages of a careful, economic training, provided they still retain their common sense, will hold peculiar power over the future of great national interests. This outlook should encourage both professor and student to make the courses in Political Economy forward and vital...
...probably be several vacant seats to fill for this year's boat. As there was more than enough good material to fill the boat last year, there can be little doubt of a successful sophomore crew, provided only the men who tried then will have the courage to come forward now. By this early beginning of work it looks as though it was '88's ambition to follow in the wake of the illustrious sophomore crew which preceded her, and crown the record of their second year in college with a well earned victory over seniors, juniors and freshmen...