Word: means
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...knocking a swift ground ball to Goodman, which was not fielded cleanly, allowing him to get his base. He was forced to second by Coolidge, who received a base on balls, reached third on a grounder by Stephenson and scored on a single by Matthews. Stephenson in the mean time had stolen second base, and also came home on Matthews...
...object of the new provision by which a man may take his degree in three years "as of" his own class, is to encourage graduation in three years. But the extent of the encouragement afforded thereby is thus far not fully understood. Just what does the "as of" mean? Technically, it means that the diploma is awarded one year, and dated the next--that is, for instance, that a man so receiving his diploma in 1903 would have on it the date...
This is supposed to mean that a man continues his social connection with his own class. Later, the meaning of this continuance of social connection may be questioned in several points--whether a man so graduating may vote and hold office in his class the next year; whether he is entitled to Commencement parts with his own class; whether he is eligible for certain undergraduate prizes, and so on--but just now the specific question that has arisen is, "May he room on the Yard during the year following his taking of the A.B.?" If he may, his social connection...
...unjust repudiation of honest obligations. Let them once lose part of their territory as a result of their own wrongdoing and they will soon eradicate the evils from which the loss arose. Any policy which allows the debt to remain unpaid after the day set for payment, would mean nullification of the award of the Hague tribunal. Not only, then, will our policy do justice to European countries, but also will it teach South American states invaluable lessons, and support the great principles of arbitration; it will give to the United States a position unique among nations; it will show...
...Yard will be forced to give it up at the time when they would most value it: namely their own Class Day. If they have never had a Yard room, they are now debarred from one during their Senior year, when the associations of life in the Yard would mean most to them...