Word: higher
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...statement in the Boston Herald of Sunday that the pole-vault is to be one of Harvard's strong points in the Mott Haven contest next Saturday is untrue since Shearman of Yale has cleared a higher distance than any athlete at Harvard...
...state of mind because it finds that the DAILY CRIMSON, a small sheet published at Harvard University, is mainly devoted to news about sports. Why should it not be? The CRIMSON is not conducted by the faculty in the interest of classics and sciences, and it aims at nothing higher than supplying items which relate to those outside interests and recreations which healthy young men everywhere ought to take part in during their leisure hours. To expect the CRIMSON to occupy the literary field of the "Advocate" and the "Harvard Monthly" is what no one who knows anything...
...Although it is not true to the letter that we aim "at nothing higher" than giving athletic news, we submit these clippings to the judgement of our readers...
...sorts of tricks to get traffic. As a result in Belgium and Germany roads, competing lines are brought up. In Prussia a great amount of business is gained by making exceptions to State laws. Prussian rates are lower than in upper Europe; in France and Austria, a little higher; in England, a little more; in America, rates higher still. American freight rates are 1 1-8 cents per ton per mile, and are the lowest in the world...
...proposed scheme is that under it the Society could deal with all persons connected with the University, whether members or not. A considerable extension of the Society's business ought to come from throwing it open to non-members and the increased profits from this cause and from the higher prices will be divided among members. At the same time, by dealing with all students and others connected with the University, without distinction, the Society can make on transactions which it now finds difficult or impossible to conduct and can become more useful both to the students...