Word: prevails
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...prose he is ever intent upon teaching. In his essays his great aim is to reform the Philistine. Another guise in which Matthew Arnold appears to us is as the gentle critic of pure literature; the reader and the commentator of the best things, which he wished to see prevail. In this character he wrote his essay on Keats, which gives such pleasure to lovers of Keats, and his essay on Shelley, which gives less pleasure to the friends of Shelley. Arnold was an ideal educator. He liked to go about among the schools, and he was ever...
...Greene. Miss Fox is accompanied by a company of seventy people; the chorus numbers fifty. All the original magnificent scenery, costuming and effects which were used in the original production at the New York Casino will be seen at the Hollis Street Theatre. Regular Hollis Street prices will prevail...
...acted upon? Two reasons why it has not been done in the past have been quoted, viz., fear of injury to the grass and to the cinder track. If it is possible for harm to be done to either of these by ice, the conditions which usually prevail on Holmes Field during the winter are the worst possible and the addition of six inches of water, enough to cover the field, would dimiinish rather than increase the harm...
...fair. As the steamer will accommodate twice the number of his cadets, he wishes to fill up his party with college men, who, with the instructors and guests will constitute a senior department. The college men will, of course, be excused from the general naval discipline which will prevail, and will be subject only to such rules as govern the faculty and instructors. The steamer will leave Buffalo, June 27, and returning will leave Chicago about July 24, the trip lasting one month in all. The cost, which will be $150, will include all expenses from Buffalo including admission...
...University must eventually reap the fruit of this wide dissemination. We cannot hope or wish to retain here as instructors all who are fitted for such positions. And yet it is gratifying, and something on which we may justly pride ourselves, that there are here at Harvard influences which prevail over the alluring offers of the rich institutions, which have sprung up recently. Harvard, in its present endowment, cannot hope to raise its salaries to the standard of some of our sister colleges. She must hold her own by inducements which will appeal to the aesthetic and intellectual part...