Word: needed
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...important part in the form of legal tender tokens. The amount of gold in circulation could be kept the same, all changes in the circulation being made by adding or subtracting the silver tokens. An international alliance would be necessary to make this scheme successful, but the alliance need be much less formal than in the case of bi-metallism...
...cricket eleven made a splendid record last year, winning every match it played. This fact alone should awaken a strong interest in the game here without any word from us. The management of the eleven, however, is in need of money, and we want to urge men to give heartily the little support the cricket team asks. It is strongly desired that men should subscribe by joining the Association, for they will thus aid the club not only financially but also by personal support...
...those who have not yet learned how to handle a lacrosse racquet; but it is needless to say that, unless a man shows interest enough to do the regular exercise in the gymnasium, he cannot expect that pains will be taken to teach him this later acquirement. Nobody need be discouraged concerning his chances of getting on the team, for six out of the twelve position are open. That is presuming that the old members will obtain their old positions. Of last year's team only Davidson, Griffing, Harvey, Harding and Drake will be back, but there are many promising...
...self-same custody into which it passed so soon as the ink of the signatures to it was dry, and in which, I may add, it will remain so long as it shall endure. Custody is a point the supreme importance of which will be recognized without the need of further remark from me. Thanks to permission courteously given, a facsimile of the full size of the original-some 17 in, by 20 in.- and in the very best style, is now being executed, copies of which will very shortly be procurable...
...large sum of money was left by a millionaire for the purpose of founding a university at Worcester, in spite of the fact that both Harvard and Yale, two of the few American colleges which can lay a just claim to the title of "university," are grievously in need of financial aid. And now comes the report from a New York paper that "H. J. Furber, Jr., a rich young millionaire of Chicago, is preparing to found a large university in that city, and will devote $1,000,000 to the purpose...