Word: lessening
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...writing of a few themes in the Freshman year would give instruction which there is little reason for postponingtill the Sophomore year. The Freshmen, it is true, have at present as much work required of them as they can perform; but if another suggestion of the Committee, proposing to lessen the amount of mathematics, be adopted, room could easily be made for the themes...
...others can have but one reply. Again, this arrangement will bring new advantage to all concerned; it will enable those outside to come in and enjoy the associations of the dining-hall, thereby filling up the tables and insuring the success of the Association; and, moreover, it will lessen the price of the regular board; for each man would pay the regular price beside paying for such extras as he might order; but those who took extras would naturally not consume the regular fare, although they pay for it; therefore all the non-consumption would go to the credit...
...rowed at the same time and place as the University, and, under ordinary circumstances, would have been perfectly satisfactory to our men. This year, however, they have agreed to row in the Freshman race at Saratoga, and it is believed that to row with Yale at Springfield would seriously lessen their chances of victory in the other race, and in their reply to Yale's challenge, they did not undertake to row the race, unless they could have the usual privilege of the challenged party, i. e. to name the time and place...
...generally known, we believe, that a fire-extinguisher can be found in every Proctor's room, but in case of a severe fire the occupants of the upper rooms in every building would have hard work to get down, and we trust some remedy may be found to lessen the present risk...
...than vital importance what textbooks are used. But it is of vital importance that the men who study Philosophy should have minds open and receptive to all truth; that every capability of real, worthy enthusiasm should have full development; and that no text-books should be employed which unnecessarily lessen that enthusiasm, whether by the overshadowing vastness of the dry psychological facts there accumulated, or by their adherence to a phraseology that to our modern ears seems stilted and pedantic...