Word: granted
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...direct the work of the students under his charge. In consideration of the services of Dr. Sterrett, a graduate of the school, who returned to Athens during the illness of the director, and assisted him in the work of the school, the committee made a grant of five hundred dollars, "as an expression of their gratitude for the services rendered by him to the school, and of their interest in, and high appreciation of, the results of his personal studies...
...year. Several fellows have spoken of this and all seemed to agree that the custom has been, in former years, to have it ready by this time at least. When the complicated nature of the scheme of studies contained in this little publication is taken into consideration, anyone will grant that the time needed for careful and thorough consideration, is considerable. The contents of the elective pamphlet changes so from year to year that it is impossible to find out what you will be able to study from perusing an old issue of the pamphlet. Everything calls for an early...
...absences from the university again brings up the old question as to what is meant by the so-called "voluntary recitation" system. There is nothing in the college regulations that directly asserts that attendance upon recitations is at the option of the student; nor do the authorities directly grant any such principle to exist. Still, the almost universal attitude of instructors and uncertain statements of the regulations have always allowed the inference that, to a certain extent, attendance upon recitations was voluntary. All that was necessary, was that a student should show sufficient ground for supposing that the purposes...
...canvass for presidential preference was then announced as follows: Edmunds, 551; Blaine, 123; Bayard, 116; Arthur, 96; Tilden, 21; Lincoln, 15; Cleveland, 13; J. Sherman, 12; Carlisle, 11; Grant, 10; Butler...
...canvass of 1880 the three leading candidates were: Bayard, Grant and Sherman...