Word: less
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...only is the water offensive to the taste, however, but it is positively unhealthful. The writer knows of no less than four cases where men have been made ill by drinking...
...Biennial elections are an improvement. A. Being less frequent they present advantages. (1) Professional politicians will find employment only at greater intervals. (2) They lead to an increased vote. (a) This has been the result in other states. B. They are economical. (1) They save the expense of one election every two years. (2) They save $100,000 in shortening legislative term. (3) They do away with the unnecessary length of session C. Biennials tend to better legislation. (1) Legislators are more carefully elected. (2) Legislators will be better trained. (3) Increased term tends to do away with hasty legislation...
...university eleven played two games during the week. In the game with Wesleyan on Wednesday the team on the whole played with a good deal less snap than in the game with Dartmouth the preceding week, although the individual work at times was of a high order. The Saturday game with the Carlisle Indian School eleven at Manhattan Field was one of the closest and most exciting football contests played this season. The team work of the Indians was magnificent and the rushing of their backs was a feature of the game. Yale, however, won mainly by her superior punting...
...have received a memoir of Dr. Andrew Preston Peabody, prepared for the Massachusetts Historical Society by Edward J. Young (University Press). It is written in a charming personal vein which must appeal to all those who had the privilege of knowing Dr. Peabody and others who, less fortunate in not having had that privilege, still revere his memory...
...separated groups and individuals in the class in an informal meeting, which has done a great deal to make the members of the class acquainted with each other, to acquaint the class with itself, and to rouse an enthusiastic class spirit. A Freshman or Sophomore dinner should be no less successful...