Word: grounds
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...already advanced by that side. He thought also that the arguments of the leaders upon the affirmative were inconsistent, and was unwilling to concede the position which they took, that Canada desires annexation and that England is willing, declaring that the question did not confine the debate to that ground merely...
...differed from that of the later Greek life; it was an age of transformation, where the noblest tendencies were strangely crossed by the coarsest ones. He has depicted this life so clearly by telling his story in the words and actions of his characters, keeping himself in the back ground. The language and the thought harmonize beautifully, the language showing an astonishing adaptability of the varying phases of the thought...
...spirit of the age, as revealed by statistics, says that the present stages towards professional life are too circuitous and slow. Harvard has her choice of resisting this spirit on the ground that it is too practical, money-serving, and unprogressive, or of bowing to the necessities of the situation, lowering her standard for the first degree and then proving her devotion to learning by making her opportunities for advanced and graduate work richer and wider than they have ever been before. If she does the former college men will grow to be fewer and fewer in proportion...
Even with this addition to its athletic fields, Harvard will have less ground available for the use of its athletes in proportion to the number of students than almost any other college in New England. The college authorities have been cognizant of this difficulty for some time, and they are as anxious to see the matter carried through to a successful issue as are the students...
...particular phase of the question. The Glee and Banjo Clubs gave a very successful concert in Norwich, Conn., on Friday evening last. They are now making arrangements for an extended trip, to take place about Washington's birthday. Plans have finally been adopted for the new physical laboratory, and ground will be broken in the spring, as early as the weather will permit...