Word: largest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...juniors' tug on Saturday had the largest crowd of spectators and followed up the "fiasco" race closer than any of the others, thus getting the most good out of their money...
Although the faculty did not directly recognize any principle of voluntary recitations, the utterances of individual members and the generally understood tendency of the university administration seemed to imply that a system of government was aimed at which should place the largest responsibility on the student. The paternal system of government was relegated to such colleges as Yale, and Harvard was understood to be striving after the high standard of the German universities where the university offers the student the opportunity of receiving instruction, which he may take advantage of or not, just as he chooses. This tendency has been...
Princeton has the largest telescope of any college in the country, costing...
...debate as a whole was very interesting, and was attentively listened to by one of the largest audiences the Union has drawn together this year. Some of the speeches were of unusual merit and deserved the applause which they received. As will be seen by the following canvass the name of Mr. Edmunds appeared most popular, provoking hearty applause on every mention...
...students who feel that a systematic course of instruction in their own literature is absolutely necessary for every student of Harvard. Hither to the charge against our colleges has often been that they confine themselves to given lines of instruction, and that they never go beyond these lines. The largest acquaintance with the literature of their own times and own language that many work of the courses and from their daily newspaper and magazine reading. Thorough instruction in literature, treating the masterpieces of their languages as worthy of better use than grammatical exercises, seems little thought of. The change...