Word: portion
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Another proposition is a good deal talked about throughout the college, which is to put up a building near Appleton Chapel suitable for the use of the preachers and the various religious societies. Such a building would probably use but a portion of the available fund...
...present tables, however, are accurate, being compiled from the proof sheets of the catalogue for 1891-92. For that portion of the college which is governed by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences the present tables do not differ very materially from those already published, and the total for the college alone is the same as before. In all the other departments, however, the gain over the previous tables is quite appreciable, especially in the Law School and the Medical School. This is remarkable, since the growth then recorded for these two schools was surprising. The total gain...
...justified in supposing that continental glaciers rest throughout the greater portion of their area, on a stratum of water kept in a liquid condition by the pressure of the superincumbent...
...Cummings ended his talk with a description of Toynbee Hall, in London, where he spent some time himself, studying the condition of the society in the famous Whitechapel neighborhood. This Hall is a sort of club totally free from the church in every way. It is not distinctively a portion of the Extension movement, but is intimately connected with it in many ways...
...greatest opportunities for good government. Mr. Storey has of late been identified with the Democratic party and his talk on Wednesday will be in large measure a discussion as to whether that party has kept its pledges and is hence entitled to the support of the honorable and intelligent portion of the community...