Word: objectional
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Club is in a moribund condition. The interest in the object for which it was founded has gradually waned until now the society is on the point of disbanding and selling its property. The present members of the club are greatly averse to this course, and, in order to save the valuable collection of the club, they make the following proposition. The entire club property will be turned over to the keeping of any responsible body of students who will guarantee to conduct their society as an art club. If this offer is not accepted before January 26, the property...
...glance at the gymnasium on any afternoon or evening discloses a state of affairs which is highly creditable to the college. All the apparatus is in use, and not only by the men who are training for positions on our various teams, but also by the students whose only object is to obtain more private exercise. When the Hemenway Gymnasium was first built, it was thought that it would prove sufficient for the needs of the college for many years. If, however, the athletic interest continues to increase in its present ration, new accommodations will be needed in the near...
...thousand dollars from the Eben Wright estate with accrued interest, the proceeds of which are to be devoted to the administration of the library. In other words the sum is not reserved for the purchase of books or for any one particular purpose, but can be devoted to any object which the library authorities may consider most necessary for a successful administration of the building in their charge...
...forwarded me, concerning prayers at Harvard College to the Rev. Asa Dalton, vice-president of the Maine Harvard Club, and we carefully considered them. He authorized me to say that he cordially agreed with me in what I am about to say. We sympathize fully in regard to the object at which the young gentlemen arm. It is, in our judgment, impolitic, if not unjust, to require attendance at prayers of all undergraduate 8 rooming within a half-mile, or within a quarter mile of the chapel. There ought to be a provision by which students over twenty...
Prof. Thompson devoted his time last evening to the answering of arguments commonly urged against the Tariff. It is impossible to have a perfect law. It is not claimed that the Tariff is a cure-all for all industrial evils; its object is to equalize conditions, to promote home production and to improve the condition of all classes. One of the chief objections urged against Protection is that prices are raised. But does any one imagine that iron, for example, would have been as cheap as it is now, had not that industry been fostered and protected? The increased production...