Word: frees
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...that we cannot fail to be a little proud of it. The chief power is vested in the hands of those who are most likely to take the deepest interest in the College, and who are best fitted to judge what is for its welfare, - the graduates; we are free from all political influences which stand in the way of advancement in many institutions, and the evils which President Eliot set forth so well in his argument against a National University; we are not governed by a close Corporation which may be tainted with the bigotry of the past ages...
...desirable that all who wish to avail themselves of this course of instruction in military affairs should be present at the Gymnasium, as a draft of a constitution and by-laws will be submitted to the meeting. The corps is open to all departments of the University, free of expense...
...Directors of the Reading-Room have been laboring with commendable zeal, and with some success, to free the Association from a large gas debt. Many magazines which could be seen in the Library have been dropped from the lists, and the number of magazines now to be found in the Reading-Room is less than ten. We could wish that even these be discontinued, for they are all to be had in the Library, where they are much more likely to be sought for. While the Reading-Room supplies no need in the way of magazines, it does supply...
...similar bulletin printed every three months. The question having arisen whether the bulletins should be distributed among students, it has been decided that if a sufficient number leave their names at the Library as desiring copies, an extra number will be printed for their accommodation, to be distributed free or at a very small price. The first bulletin contains many valuable and interesting works, for the most part foreign, and will be of importance to all those who use the Library. We hope that students will make application for copies early, in order that a sufficient number may be printed...
...other would be secretary; and they would pass a series of formal resolutions, setting forth the dangers of their position, and the methods which they proposed to adopt to ward off starvation and death. There is a good deal of truth in this. We are so enamored of free institutions that we never like to do anything without the sanction of parliamentary forms. And when we find ourselves interested in any subject, instead of investigating it by ourselves, we look about for some kindred spirits, to gather together and vote that the subject is worth investigation. This is particularly noticeable...