Word: maintain
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...growth and progress which augur well for Harvard. Not only has the number of students increased in all the departments, (with the exception of a slight decrease in the Veterinary School); but our Scientific School has made a wonderful gain. Under the shadow of Technology, it is difficult to maintain an institution of this character. We are not only holding our own but actually progressing. This impetus can only be accounted for by the recent introduction of new courses. The additions to our curriculum give more and more opportunity for real University work, and this year's catalogue gives evidence...
...committee feel obliged to call attention to one item of expense in the accounts of all organizations which maintain training tables. It appears that it was once the custom for each student who boarded at the training table to pay into the treasury of the organization as much per week as his board cost him at the table where he usually boarded, thus if his usual board cost four dollars a week, he paid this amount into the treasury, reducing the expense to the organization by so much. Gradually this custom has been abandoned, and though the treasurers send...
...government of Turkey is to blame for this decadence, and not the people. They are still as brave and enduring as of old, and possess the same excellent qualities as their ancestors. These virtues, however, are useless without civilization, and internal reforms are necessary, if the nation is to maintain its independent existence...
...have been handicapped from the outset. What is the ??? of competing with other colleges if we cannot do so on an equal footing? What is the use of awakening vain hopes foredoomed to disappointment? Two plans are suggested by which we may enjoy equal advantages with other colleges, and maintain as high a standard of athletics as we have at present if not a higher one. First, some graduate, who has proved himself a thorough oarsman, should be induced to devote himself entirely to coaching the crew during the spring months. The crew should be placed completely under his control...
Great confusion followed. Each chairman endeavored to maintain his position in the loudest possible manner, until, in the height of the excitement, Mr. Clark was forcibly ejected from his position by one of the opposing party. To restore order, Mr. Sears, '89, was agreed upon by all parties as a proper man to act as chairman...