Word: objection
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...organize a national interscholastic athletic association. The officers elected were: President, H. I. Pratt, of the Long Island I. S. A. A.; secretary, H. N. Dunbar, of the N. E. I. S. A. A.; treasurer, O. E. Michaells, of the Maine I. S. A. A. The object of the association is the promotion of physical exercise in the public, private and preparatory schools of the United States. The first field games of the association will be held in New York next June after the schools have closed. All members of the association will be entitled to enter the winners...
Poor government is caused by men not acting together and not being united on the same questions. The city is only a large club, so it would seem that the simplicity of its object would ensure success. Yet a city government will not run itself and there is need of continual watchfulness and bright intelligence...
...object of the course is three-fold. First to teach the science of reading at sight, second to cultivate the voice, and third to bring out the aesthetic qualities,- to sing with expression and feeling. Herr Frese does not adhere to any particular method, but through extensive study is able to present the best ideas of all the different schools...
...your issue of this morning is the announcement of the play to be given by the Emmanuel Club of Radcliffe College on December 14 and 18. May I be allowed a few lines to state the object of the performance? The Emmanuel Club annually pays the tuition of one deserving student at Radcliffe, and it is in aid of this scholarship fund that the play is to be given. The knowledge of this may influence a larger number to purchase tickets, and so it seems only right to bring it before your readers...
Lectures on Literature.During the year 1895-96, Mr. Copeland will give a number of lectures on English Literature, of which the subjects and the dates will be announced in the University Calendar. The chief object of these lectures is to stimulate interest in literature, and particularly to encourage critical discussion of such matters of literary consequence as may from time to time arise. A secondary object is to suggest lines of reading to such members of the University as desire some knowledge of English Literature without the minute study demanded by the regular courses of instruction...