Word: less
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...student to be present at an informal discussion of a practical question of the day, carried on by such men as Judge Holmes and the members of the Economics Department. The meeting of the Natural History Society, with addresses by Mr. Hornaday and Professor Shaler, was no less calculated to arouse a real interest in the minds of its younger members. Each meeting presented its particular branch of study in its most particular light, and as a live issue...
There is no better proof of the vigor of intellectual life among Harvard students than the unflagging interest with which numerous similar clubs are maintained, and their success in bringing prominent men of learning before the University. The work is done quietly, but it is none the less valuable...
...will of the late William Sampson, Yale will receive a little less than $500,000, unless the decision of the Supreme Court allows the will to be contested...
...Freshman games on the other hand were disappointing. It was thought that the new system of dividing the Freshman class into ten sections according to dormitories would bring more men out to train and make the competition keener, but, on the contrary, there were even less entries than before. The fact that the events were not closely contested partly accounts for the slow times...
That the '98 officers are preeminently the choice of the class is then apparent. To any one familiar with their individual records the wisdom of the choice is no less evident. Every man on the list has earned his place by the reputation which he has won for himself, and by the services he has rendered Harvard University...