Word: rates
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...last report, and the various matters of moment in the policy and opportunities of the university were the subjects of lively discussion. I doubt if the opinions expressed will exert a very grave influence upon the overseers, the academic council or the faculty; but it is at any rate a good thing that alumni should have opinions, should wish to express them, and should have a chance to express them...
...said that sound has three and only three elements or characteristics; namely, intensity, which is dependent on the amplitude of the vibration of the sounding body; pitch, depending on the rate of vibration, and timbre or quality due to the form of vibration. When these three elements are determined the sound is determined. Therefore we should be able to reproduce any given sound. This may be done by means of the electrical current, and when it is accomplished in this way we have the telephone...
...fellowships of the first class of $400 each; ten fellowships of the second class of $200 each, and ten scholarships with free tuition have been provided. The rate of tuition has been fixed at $200 a year, exclusive of laboratory fee. Applications can now be received...
Judge Cooley said that the lawful power of the state to limit the rates of transportation is now acknowledged. If the government owned the railroads it would be a comparatively simple matter to regulate rates, for it might establish a standard of rates which seemed expedient. Such action might arouse criticism, it might involve political complications, but it would simply be on the analogy of our laws relating to taxation. For over fifty years railroads were managed by corporations before any attempt was made to regulate rates. But the irresponsible and arbitrary action of corporations finally forced first the state...
...number of candidates. Thus if we hope to make a good showing in the proposed tournament, as many men as can should offer themselves as candidates for the team, and by constant shooting, perfect themselves to such a degree as to get places on the team, or at any rate to raise the standard of shooting above what it is now. There are a few men who are present at almost every shoot, and those, in almost every case, are the men who make up the present team. They do not go up because they are on the team...