Word: preventive
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...teams then changed goals, and, 12 minutes later, during a scrimmage, Maxfield of Stevens, in trying to prevent the Harvards from scoring, accidentally knocked the ball through the Stevens goal, which counted as a goal for Harvard...
...classes were unable to play in their freshman year, and it should be matter of interest to everyone now to have them meet. It is to the credit of Yale that she has been first to offer to play, and we should be very sorry to have anything prevent the acceptance of her challenge in the same sportsmanlike spirit in which it was made...
...Such coinage of silver by the U. S. would be highly beneficial. - (a) Would prevent evils of single gold standard: See I above. - (b) Would lead to establishing our whole currency system on a sound basis. - (1) Silver money would be honest: See III (c) above. - (2) Greenbacks, which drain Treasury of gold, might be withdrawn: Harpers Weekly, Dec. 22, 1894. - (3) Silver might replace National Bank circulation, which is decreasing and must soon end: U. S. Statistical abstract, 1893, p. 42. - (c) Would likely lead to an international bimetallic agreement...
...crew will probably row in their new shell on Saturday, as it is now completed. This shell is of an entirely new model, shaped somewhat like a cigar, with a broad stern. This is to prevent the boat from settling at the stern, at the end of the stroke...
...satisfactory substitute for them might, it seems, be found in a certificate of preparation from any of a number of schools which should be approved by the College. In these schools the College would have supervision over the courses and in general over the methods of instruction, and could prevent abuse of privilege by holding in reserve the right of examination. By these means there would be a chance of securing a sound education for boys, and so of leaving the College somewhat more free in the exercise of its ideal functions...