Word: limiting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...ever been before. All the instruments necessary for the production of a symphony concert are represented, and we may hope that at no distant time the sodality will attempt to rival the symphony concerts which are now so popular with the students. At present, however, the players limit themselves to less difficult performances...
Many students in courses in Philosophy and History in which much outside reading is required, have been exasperated beyond all reasonable limit of endurance by the custom, which has become quite prevalent, of taking reserved books from the library on unlimited and unrecorded leases. Those who are guilty of this breach of fairness are without doubt thoughtless of the rights of others, rather than deliberate disturbers of the college peace. Thoughtlessness, however, is no excuse. Protests have been made so that now everyone must know that he is committing a theft when he deprives others of rights belonging...
...arguments for and against, the side views, and dependent hypotheses before him, finds that he must write a book if he would answer only a single question adequately, and that to require him to jot down even the outlines of answers to half a dozen questions within the limit of three or four hours, shows either ignorance or imbecility. To pass an examination with success, we must not know, but only seem to know, and the man who plays the sophist best will gain the best place. It seems to be forgotten that the knowledge needed for passing an examination...
...tree, and 4 Sanders tickets) to be selected by lot, will be sold to members of the senior class at $11 a package. Each yard ticket will admit a gentleman and two ladies. Heretofore yard tickets have been unlimited, but this year the committee has decided unanimously to limit the number, in order to shut out, if possible, many objectionable persons who have in years past been present in large numbers on class day evenings. Seniors in the Scientific school, and past members of the class now in college must apply at the same time as the regular seniors. Members...
...college. The charter, or rather the appendix to the charter, provides that whatever the corporation does shall have full force without dependence upon the consent of the overseers, * * * provided always that the acts of the corporation shall be alterable by the overseers, according to their discretion. No limit of time is set within which the overseers must exercise their right of revision, or else forfeit it. No one concluding a contract with the corporation would dream of making the overseers a party to the contract. Their powers have been somewhat extended in practice, but their main function at present...