Word: putting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1890-1899
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Finlay put the shot in the gymnasium yesterday...
Fearing was the only Harvard man in the running high jump, and as Green failed to put in appearance. He had little difficulty in clearing the bar at 6.00 7-8 and thus won the event from Dunning R. L. S., who had a handicap of eight inches. Fearing then had the bar put at 6.02 7-8, which was 5-8 higher than the indoor record. He had cleared this on his third trial when his arm unfortunately struck the stick and brought it to the floor. The attempt showed that the record would not remain long unbroken...
...results, of course, in prices being forced down. The silver agitation is purely an inflation movement and must be followed by all the consequences of inflation. The possibilities of maintaining gold and silver on a par with each other depends not upon the quantity of silver which could be put into circulation, but upon the amount of gold in the government treasury. Professor Taussig feels sure that the amount is not sufficient to hold out very long...
...however, that he has had no deep religious experiences, and that he is doubtful on certain questions of faith; how is he to know that it is the will of God that he become a minister. To such a one, if he has average ability and the wish to put his life where it will do the most good for his Lord Jesus Christ, I would say without hesitation that he has sufficient assurance of the will...
...University, as every one knows, has no funds which it can turn to new uses. Almost all benefactors of the college leave their bequests for special objects, and no one has hitherto thought of providing for a course in astronomy. It is time that some generous graduate should put a stop to the anomalous state of affairs which at present exists. We can hardly call ourselves a University as long as we offer to students absolutely no facilities for the study of the stars...