Word: matter
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...more important bearing on the life of Harvard as an institution of learning, but as a civilized community, none. That the demands of health and cleanliness can now be met with a fair degree of comfort and convenience is a privilege which, though it is generally taken as a matter of course, hard experience has taught us to appreciate and for which we are now heartily thankful...
...impression exists, his acquaintance must have been restricted within narrow lines. As editor of the Graduates' Magazine I have had communications on the subject from graduates in distant parts of the country,- only last week an '88 man wrote from Western Pennsylvania; I have heard it discussed as a matter of course by students; I have had the complaint made privately by classmates from New York and elsemhere. If Mr. Pierce will turn to the opinions of leading oarsmen in the Graduates' Magazine for September, 1894 (Vol. III, pp. 30-36), and to Mr. Conant's article, "Are our Athletic...
...Club, graduate students from sixteen colleges and universities met in New York. The convention in Philadelphia this year will be the second such meeting of university graduates. In general the purposes of the coming convention are the same as those of the one held last year. The most important matter to be discussed is maintenance of standards for advanced degrees...
...weakened. The work of the Volunteer Committee last year, in its general aspects, has been fully described in the CRIMSON, and we have always been glad to cooperate in bringing the work prominently before the University. Though Mr. Comfort does not criticize our general policy in this matter, but refers only to a single instance, the severity of his language would tend to create a false impression of the CRIMSON'S attitude. With this exception we admit the justice of his criticism...
Kentucky, after much indecision, finally declared in favor of the Union. Here Lincoln's tact was sharply contrasted with the overbearing action of the Southern leaders. The result was in fact chiefly due to the President's delicate handling of the matter...