Word: obtainable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...average six dollars worth of gas and kerosene per year; those men who save on their gas bills making up the average by means of kerosene. This makes an annual bill to the students of nineteen hundred and twenty dollars. Now for this money what could we obtain in the way of light by means of electricity? Nine hundred lamps would be amply sufficient for all purposes, especially if they were movable, as it must be remembered that in many of the single rooms, as for instance in Grays, two lamps would be plenty, which would leave three or more...
...electric light is admittedly of better quality per se than gas, so that in the first case the college is working in behalf of the gas companies, and in the second, in behalf of the students. And if, as is probable, the college does-not obtain as much as five per cent. on their investments, there would be an actual profit in the matter...
Miss Alice R. Jordan, who has created considerable excitement by being the first woman to enter the Yale Law School, has left New Haven, as it would be impossible for her to obtain a degree there...
...recent effort which the students of Yale have made to obtain a more commodious gymnasium evidences the present strength of the athletic spirit at New Haven. We can hardly sympathize properly with a school which is not afforded exceptional advantages in athletics, for the reason that the excellence of our own accommodations has become so familiar to us. Yale has labored under many serious disadvantages, both in respect to her gymnasium and also in the situation of her athletic grounds. When it is brought forcibly to our notice that our opponents do not enjoy the same facilities which we enjoy...
...these courses regular recitations are held, and no examinations are given; the men meet the instructor at certain times merely to show him their work and to obtain his advice as to its further pursuance. The student is relieved from all hack-work, and is afforded an opportunity of pursuing his special topic with the maximum freedom...