Word: matter
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Owing to more or less difficulty in working the new combination locks on the lockers in the Gymnasium, considerable dissatisfaction has been expressed and if they prove to be unsatisfactory they will doubtless be replaced by key locks. No steps, however, as yet, have been taken about the matter. The authorities realize the advantage of the new locks and have determined to give them a fair trial. If, after a sufficient time, they continue to be unsatisfactory, and it appears best for the gymnasium, key locks will...
...seriously impugned in some of the daily papers. Because there was more than one candidate for the position of captain and becasuse each had his firm supporters for the place before the appointment, it is now announced in staring headlines that there is a "Row at Harvard." As a matter of fact only a very few of the students knew of the result of the election at the time when these words were set up in the office of the Herald. Knowing that some feeling had existed before, the writer left it to be inferred that Harvard students were...
With the steady growth of the college has arisen the necessity of better accommodation for students and teachers. As a matter of fact, no part of the Fay house is fitted for the present needs of the college except the library, and, although the building was overcrowded the previous year, the condition has been much worse during the past year. In general, the two great needs of Redcliffe are better academic accommodations and better opportunities for physical culture...
...question has been one of diplomatic importance for some years and was the subject of earnest consideration by the administration in 1888 when letters passed between Secretary of State Bayard and Minister Phelps on the matter of British encroachment on Venezuelan territory; and Secretary Bayard wrote then "If indeed it appear there is no fixed limit to the British boundary claim, our good disposition to aid in a settlement might not only be defeated, but be obliged to give place to a feeling of grave concern." I think this shows President Cleveland's present action is not hasty...
...public. When the opera was first announced there were not a few who hinted at failure, but the opening on Monday evening, Dec. 16, dispelled all doubts and loud were the praises heaped on the artists in their respective roles and the management for their liberality in the matter of production...