Word: recent
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have purposely delayed writing this communication until the intense feeling of dissatisfaction over the recent game has had a chance to subside, in order that it might not look like a growl from the conquered. It has been my good fortune to see every Princeton-Yale game since 1877, and most of the Harvard games within the same period, and when I remember that, in that time, I have seen three games where, with fair umpiring, the score at least would have been different, it certainly does seem time for Princeton, in justice to herself, to demand some...
...recent article on smoking in the colleges, Dr. A. H. Quint of Boston de cries the prevalence of the practice among college men. At Dartmouth, of which Dr. Quint makes particular mention, holders of scholarships are not allowed to smoke-first, because the habit is considered injurious to the student; and, second, because it is not well to teach men who need help in their education to consume their substance in smoke...
Cornell University has filed an appeal to the United States Supreme Court from the recent decision of the Court of Appeals forfeiting the McGraw bequest of $1, 500, 000. The case will be brought in October, 1889. The ground of the appeal is stated to be that the State of New York holds in trust the proceeds upon which the university was founded, and which were given by the nation to the state. If this is the case, the university is not absolute owner of the property, but merely a beneficiary, and the charter limit of $3, 000, 000 will...
...slight decrease in the Veterinary School); but our Scientific School has made a wonderful gain. Under the shadow of Technology, it is difficult to maintain an institution of this character. We are not only holding our own but actually progressing. This impetus can only be accounted for by the recent introduction of new courses. The additions to our curriculum give more and more opportunity for real University work, and this year's catalogue gives evidence that Harvard is still pressing onward...
...catalogue for 1888-89 is bound in the color and style familiar to college men since '84, and follows, in the general arrangement of its matter, the catalogue of last year. The map of the vicinity of the college is inserted on the front cover; upon it appear recent changes in the residences of instructors and the addition to the Museums. The statutes of the university are changed by the insertion on page 25 of a paragraph stating the duties of the deputy treasurer. The rest of the statutes remain in the form of last year. Mr. Ames' name appears...