Word: holdings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...college has decided to hold here after the admission examinations at Albany as well as at the other large cities...
...theory which some people hold that a college gains in numbers on account of its athletic victories he considers entirely unsupported by facts. Harvard, not with standing her defeats, gained more proportionately than victorious Yale. Individuals may be influenced by athletic success, but the vast majority are governed by other considerations, and their decision is unaffected. Some parents even prefer to send their sons to the less athletic colleges, as they disapprove of the excesses to which these contests often lead. The consideration of this matter will be more fully taken up in the President's report, which is soon...
...senior class of the College of Liberal Arts of Boston University have voted to hold no class day exercises this year, but to add a number of valuable books to the library instead...
...found impossible to hold a meeting of the committee and to put the plan into operation until the beginning of the present college year, when Messrs. Brooks and Potter had left the University. The Base-Ball Association, the Foot-Ball Association, the Athletic Association, the Boat Club and the Tennis Association have accepted the plan under which this committee was chosen, and have presented their accounts for examination. They have also made estimates of their income and expenditure for the present year. This committee have to report on the accounts of these organizations in detail as follows...
...athletic association, of the University of Penn., will hold its mid-winter meeting on Monday evening, at the Academy of Music, Philadelphia. The ball-floor will be laid and a complete athletic field laid out. The events are open to all amateurs, and nine of the leading city newspapers have volunteered to give the first prizes, which will be gold medals. W. Byro Page, the champion high jumper of the world, has consented to enter in the high jump. The University Glee Club and orchestra will assist, and the meeting will be very interesting, as there are over a hundred...