Word: land
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...given. We would again impress upon the college the necessity of supporting these two societies by a large attendance, and would again state that this attendance is a debt which the college owes to both clubs. We do not believe that there is another college in the land where it would be necessary to make such appeals in order to secure the clubs a good support. The fact that each year it seems to be necessary to urge the students to show at least a fairly patriotic spirit towards them does not redound at all to our credit...
...Chicago University has new complications. Stephen A. Douglas gave land for the institution on condition that it never be sold or alienated, but the corporation mortgaged the premises for $150,000, and now some men who paid $1,000 each for scholarships ask the courts to declare the mortgage void on the ground that it was not warranted by the terms of the gift, that the title was in the trustees and not in the corporation, and that the mortgaging was a fraud upon the petitioners and the public...
...effect of our public land system on the national growth...
...having suffered anything from his previous failure. The advantages of this system, said the lecturer, are so obviously great that it seems strange to an Englishman that so different a system can prevail in this country with any degree of success. It is true, however, that the possession of land in the district, which he seeks to represent, is of great value to the English candidate, so also is wealth and social position...
Every year a cry arises about "infidelity at Harvard." and goes flying all over the land to arouse discussion and alarm. Every year it becomes necessary for the Harvard papers to denounce any such thing through their editorial columns. In accordance with this good old custom we again take our stand and diny that Harvard is any worse than the rest of the world in religious matters. Just how this rumor begins it is hard to conceive. Probably it is owing to the attempt made to abolish chapel, and to the fact that certain men with infidel views go forth...