Word: part
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...recent report of Lafayette College shows that the institution is in a most flourishing condition. The greater part of the debt and the cost of equipping the gymnasium has been paid. The faculty consists of twenty-four members; 306 students are enrolled...
These lectures are but a part of the lecture system which forms so important and instinctive a feature of Harvard life. This system has been developed so that now such a variety of topics is treated that nearly every taste is satisfied at some time during the year. As a source and means of general culture their effectiveness cannot be over-estimated. They generally treat of a broader range of subjects than can be taken up in a college course, and so form a good supplement to the regular student's work...
...very sorry to hear of the lack of willingness on the part of a good many men to support the University crew. Many who can afford to give to the crew, not only refuse to do so, but take occasion to express dissatisfaction that after the defeats in the past few years, they should be expected to take any interest in the crew...
...past few years Harvard has been unlucky and Yale has won the victories. But just because of this, there is every reason why rowing men should make greater efforts, and why the college should all the more heartily give them its support. The crew has done its part, has gone to work with a zeal and determination never shown before, but there is a disposition among some inconsiderate men, who think it their part to stand aloof and sneer at the earnest but unsuccessful efforts in the past, to refuse the money which is absolutely necessary...
...thanks of the audience are due Dr. Huntington for his part in the evening's entertainment...