Word: older
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...stand, and since the condition of two-thirds of the people in the Transvaal was such as to bring on war in any case. There is no probability of a more peaceful attitude toward the Uitlanders in future, because the younger Boers are more hostile to them than the older men. The change was bound to come, and would have come by a revolution, if England had not interfered...
...sport, and college boys have begun to acquire consciences both about the time taken from regular work, and about the method of winning games. The deception and brutality which once seemed an inevitable accompaniment of the games have given place to reasonably fair dealings, especially among the older universities. The games promise to become lessons in honorable conduct as well as in the development and care of the body. Not that we have reached the ideal, for there are still distressing lapses, but that the friends of intercollegiate sports have good reason to feel encouraged. The improvements have been accomplished...
Concerning the two legislative Chambers or Raads: The original Raad was, in 1891, supplemented by a second chamber in order to give the Outlanders a voice in the government. This Raad, however, has no power, the older house which is the great legislative body entirely controlling the second Raad...
...First Marshal of the Senior Class, and served also as Junior ushers on Class Day. In fact there was not only general interest shown, but every effort was made to keep that interest alive; and, although it is not now realized by the undergraduates, many of the older inhabitants of Cambridge and Boston still watch for the notices of Boylston Prize Contests...
...Corporation meeting Monday it was decided to have shower baths placed in all the buildings of the Yard during the next summer vacation. There will be one large shower bath room in each entry of the older buildings with possibly two in Matthews and Weld...