Word: land
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Rent of land adjoining New London quarters...
...following subjects to those intending to try for the Cobden Club medal: "What Safe Basis could be Found for a National Bank System in the Event of the Entire Extinction of the United States Debt?" "The Effect of a Customs Tariff on Wages," "The Effect of our Public Land System on the National Growth." This medal is given under the auspices of the Finance Club, and any present undergraduate may contest for it. A candidate may present an essay on any economic subject other than here mentioned, provided it be approved by the committee of award. The essays must...
...sports against all comers or carry the pennant victoriously down the river, let us, by all that we esteem worthy, exhibit an interest in literary affairs, which cannot be deemed second to that of any other college which acknowledges our Alma Mater as the first university of the land...
...larger number of men to participate in these sports. The Athletic Committee, however, " all trained athletes as well as cultured men," know full well that the great obstacle to exercise is not the " scientific accuracy which debars the general student from an enjoyable sport," but the limited area of land devoted to out-door sports. With additional land at command, class nines and elevens would have been formed long ago from policy, just as the class crews were. As a matter of fact, since the first restrictions were laid on base-ball, no larger number have played base-ball than...
Nothing, perhaps, could point more conclusively to the fact that America is pre-eminently the land of innovation and experiment than the constant recurrence of changes in its educational systems. We Americans are striving to attain the standard of perfection, and, -though that standard be a lofty one, and though we overturn and trample upon many a venerable institution to reach it-we persuade ourselves that our endeavors are in the right direction, and that the success that shall crown our efforts is almost within our grasp. And, it is safe to assert, the educational interests of America are rapidly...