Word: parts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...members of the profession must do to support themselves. there ought to be room for both. It would seem as if some plan ought to be devised, if the school is to be run as a school, by which competition with outsiders could be avoided. It is certainly no part of a school's duties to enter into a sharp competition with a profession whose interests it proposes to advance. So far the letter seems to deserve attention, and enough notice of it ought to be taken to arouse an inquiry as to whether the Harvard Veterinary School...
...sense of the meeting that no college should grant the degree of A. B. to any student who could not read with facility French and German, was discussed but no definite decision was reached. The subject of introducing a system of conversation in German and French as a part of every college education, and the position of modern language in the requirements for entering college occasioned much discussion. Upon the advice of the executive committee the convention adjourned for one year, when a permanent organization will be effected and a definite action adopted...
...race to please and benefit a set of businessmen, such as hotel keepers, but to have a chance of contending for honorable laurels against other colleges. They expect to be backed by their own fellow students and friends. The race is determined on without any fingering on the part of outsiders. The only question that outsiders can have ought to do with is when the race shall be rowed, a mere matter of convenience, economy and desirability, The crews themselves will gain nothing peculiarly by going to one place rather than another, only by going to the cheaper place they...
...committee as rather a hazardous undertaking, for although Greek tragedy has now abundantly proved its power over modern audiences, it was thought very doubtful if the old comedy was equally suitable for revival. And, notwithstanding the brilliant success of the performances, this doubt has been in great part justified, for most of the fun and fooling in the play resembled a modern pantomime too closely to be very interesting or impressive, while when the satire was mot of a modern kind, its point was entirely missed, except by the learned few. There was no idea dominating the whole play...
With the exception of forty-two shares of railroad stock, his deposits in the Cambridge Savings Bank, and the income of certain other shares held in trust, all the property of the late professor has been bequeathed to the college. His books will form part of the library, and the remaining property will be, at his request, called the Constantius fund. This fund is manned after his paternal uncle, Canstantius the Sinaite, and its object is two-fold. Half the income is to be devoted to buying Greek, Latin and Arabic books, bor ooks explaining or illustrating such named books...