Word: less
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Andover "in the fall," but in March, and did not see the team but only three members of it, one of whom announced that he was going to Yale, to be with a brother; another that he was going to Harvard. We were in Andover less than two hours, and were together the whole time. The whole charge is false and without foundation from beginning...
...Perkins, '92, opened for the negative. Silver, he said, has driven gold out of every country that has at any time in its history adopted the less precious metal as a monetary standard and we have no right to assume that the contrary would be the case here. The class, moreover, that wants free coinage is so small that to protect it is to encourage a monopoly. The United States has made several attempts to induce other countries to enter into an agleement fixing the relative value of gold and silver, but these efforts have been entirely fruitless. For most...
...appreciated. In beginning Professor Everett stand his willingness to answer any questions that any in the audience might ask him, after the end of his talk. He first took up the relation of the present age to ward the doctrine of immortality. There is at present a tendency to less faith in this doctrine. This may be accounted for by the fact that there is perhaps less religious faith in the present age than there was in those that are past. But really what seems today less faith in the doctrine of immortality is merely a tendency...
...FootBall association this fall has greatly reduced the cost of this sport in the university. For the year 1886-89 the total receipts of the association, inclusive of the surplus of $1,181.86 with which the year's account began, were $4,896,88, which sum was $4,043.53 less than the income in 1887-88. The expenses, including the bills payable, were $7,214.38. The debt at the beginning of the present year was, therefore...
...assistance to a runner, which has come to be known as interference, is the real feature of the season's work. Last year there was a little of it, but the runners who could take advantage of it were few, and the men who could perform it well were less, so that it made no strong impression. The games of this fall have been replete with...