Word: portion
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...influential portion of the professors in Germany are endeavoring to have the modern languages as optional substitutes for classics in the German Gymnasia...
...last day has come for the seniors to be measured for their cap and gown. As might be expected, there is a large portion of the class which has not yet taken the trouble to go around to the Co-operative to be measured. This set of men who always put such matters off till the last minute, sometimes longer, cause more inconvenience than they imagine. The Class Day Committee has its hands full of other things, and ought to be freed from the worry of seeing that everyone is measured for his gown on time. Then too a consideration...
...influence in the religious societies, and the latter would be broadened by contact with the literary men. By allying themselves with the humane interests of the university the religious societies would lose much of that seclusive character which prevents them from taking a firmer hold on the more liberal portion of the college. The aim of the proposers of the second plan is, then, to cherish the religious and the humane interests of the college side by side to the end that greater strength might come to each through contact with the other and that the work of the university...
...influential portion of the professors in Germany are endeavoring to have modern languages as optional substitutes for classics in the German Gymnasia...
...means an unpleasant thing to watch our freshmen at their work rowing. They began the year with a large number of candidates, a very large portion of whom had absolutely no chance of becoming members of their crew as finally made up. Zeal was not lacking; it was simply physical inability that would not permit them to row on a crew that represents our freshmen. After much sifting sixteen men remain. They are not large men, but they are the kind that would or at least ought to make a good 'varsity crew if they were considerably larger. They...