Word: free
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...generally understood by the repeal of the old regulation that no objection will be made to a contest with any team on the mere ground that it is professional, so that the nine is now practically free to play with professional teams...
...Dartmouth Literary Monthly, by aid of the alumni, proposes to give a free lecture course this winter, in which the speakers shall all be alumni of the college, and the lectures entirely free. They will endeavor to have a speaker for each of the professions. The following have already been selected: Charles R. Miller; '72; editor-in chief of the New York Times; George E. Marden, '61, of Lowell, and Rev. Luther T. Townsend, professor of theology in Boston University...
...modern appliances. No iron has been used in its construction so as not to interfere with experiments in magnetism. Twenty-four new scolarships have been founded by which the six best men in each class, four from the classical, two from the English department, will receive their tuition free for the following term...
...founding a free school of mechanical trades in Philadelphia, Mr. Isaiah V. Williamson has shown an amount of sterling good sence in marked contrast to the conduct of those men who try to immortalize their names by founding so-called "universities" in obscure country towns. This school will prove of the greatest benefit to the city, and will form a most useful supplement to the public schools. The endowment is $500,000, the income from which will be large enough to defray all expenses. The school is intended to furnish a free technical education to boys who show an aptitude...
...everything being arranged systematically, the clubs according to their aim, etc., so that any information sought can be readily found. Evidently great pains have been taken by the editors in the arrangement of the information published and in getting the names of men correctly. The book is remarkably free from mistakes. The Index is invaluable, and every one who wants a handy source of information about college matters should...