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Word: oversight (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
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...exercise, the board of trustees has resolved to establish a systematic supervision of physical culture, and has so far agreed with an athletic association of alumni and undergraduates that a goodly lot of ground with suitable buildings and appliances, will soon be devoted to athletic sports under the careful oversight of an experienced director...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 10/23/1883 | See Source »

...support. The room is at present left unlocked and it would be a pity if the directors should be compelled, by such action on the part of a few men, to return to the old, unpleasant system of locks and latch-keys. The fault is probably the result of oversight and we have no doubt that a word will be sufficient to correct...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/12/1883 | See Source »

...debate being then thrown open to the house, Mr. Chapman, '83, spoke in favor of handicap races at athletic meetings, and when his time was extended advised an oversight of men in training, to prevent them from entering races when not in condition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE HARVARD UNION. | 1/19/1883 | See Source »

...months of last spring, - the price per week has been kept within the limit set by the board of directors. Of course the larger number of members of the association, as well as the reduced cost of provisions, has had a considerable share in this result. The careful oversight exercised by the board of directors and officers of the hall has also no doubt contributed to account for this satisfactory showing. It is to be hoped that the present state of affairs may be maintained for the rest of the year. The experiment of this first month makes it plain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/13/1882 | See Source »

...right of ratification and amendment. The occasion of this double organization will be found in the early form of colonial society. Two classes were prominent, the clergymen, the single learned class, and the civil rulers, who were alike highly honored. To these two classes, the only ones available the oversight of our educational institutions was entrusted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GROWTH OF THE HARVARD CORPORATION. | 10/28/1882 | See Source »

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