Word: numbering
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...would not prevent the riflemen from using any other weapon for amusement or practice. We should be glad to hear the sentiments of college men on this subject as applied to our badge, and stand ready to so amend the conditions as to make them satisfactory to the greatest number...
...imaginative faculty appears to be finely developed at Adrian College. The last number of the Recorder contains three original stories, a poem about Henry Wilson, and a reference to the "Shah" of Egypt...
...bent up at the front so as to form a sort of runner, but the boards themselves lie flat on the snow, being fastened together above, so that the bottom is smooth. They are made of all sizes, averaging about five feet by two, and can accommodate any number of people. They are so thin and limber that they bend over any obstruction which may be in the road, so that they are not stopped even by large pieces of ice. They may be used to go down the steepest hills, where no sled could stand the strain. And here...
...table shows that the constituency of the College has increased within the last ten years; the proportionate representation from New England having decreased and that from the Middle and Western States having increased, chiefly owing to the increase from New York, which now supplies one eighth of the whole number of students. Almost two thousand dollars a year have been added to the funds for the support of meritorious poor students...
...power will make a money profit by raising its standard, the improved class of students greatly enlarging the reputation and influence of the institution. Here, again, the Western States have increased their representation, supplying now about one fourth of the students, while New England supplies one half, and the number from the South is also larger...