Word: frees
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...leaven of reform is doing good work. Thus, at Columbia, we find fifteen Republicans and fifteen protectionists. That this parity of numbers is merely a coincidence, however, appears from the fact that, although there were only eight Democrats represented in the vote referred to, there were twenty-one free traders, or six more than the total of Republicans. At Yale the protectionists fall 20 per cent below the Republicans, and the freetraders outnumber the Democrats in the proportion of forty-two to thirteen. This too, without counting eleven who shrink from the name of free traders, but avow themselves revenue...
...recent 250th anniversary at Exeter, free wine and beer flowed in the streets, and by a special act of the town council no arrests were made for drunkenness...
...field; let them take active measures. A regularly employed watchman to patrol the yard and the athletic grounds would cost very little during the spring and autumn months in comparison with the benefit which would result to the college. If the college authorities will not keep the college property free from such pests, then the students must take the matter in hand. It is a burning shame that students of such a college as this should be subjected to such treatment. At Yale there is a college police force, and one never hears of such intrusions upon college rights there...
...charged by the Tennis Association for the use of the courts on Holmes and Jarvis Fields. At the present rates it is an expensive luxury to play tennis often. It is difficult to see why such high prices should be charged. The ground is given by the University rent free, so the only expenses left to the association is the care of the courts and the nets. When the back nets were put up a year ago a sum was raised by subscription to pay the extra expense. Considering the many courts and the great number of players in college...
...eighth number of the Advocate, which appears to-day, is an exceptionally interesting one. Its articles are, to a large extent, free from that unevenness of merit which sometimes detracts from the effectiveness of the Advocate...