Word: referring
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...agree with him. Mr. Hammond was elected by a majority, but two of the votes cast were illegal. Mr. Crawford says that but one vote was challenged, but the truth is that two were challenged, whose names could be furnished if it were necessary. Mr. Crawford thinks that I referred to him. He is mistaken. He must surely know the two I did refer to. When Mr. Crawford says that one of those challenged was an excellent oar, he proves that his opinion is not "worth contradiction." For a man to say that a Freshman of a month's standing...
...hour, five o'clock in the afternoon, for taking out reference-books, is inconvenient to a large number of students, especially to those who exercise from four until half-past five, since they are compelled either to give up a part of their exercise or to deprive themselves of the use of reference-books in the evening. If the hour were changed from five to four, probably the convenience of the largest number would be met; for where two persons wish to refer to the same book at the same time, the first who comes will get it, whether...
...lithographs." The European system instructs by familiar lectures, fully illustrated with practical examples; and the collections of drawings and models in Dr. Watson's possession enable him to give this instruction as it is given in France, Germany, and Austria. For further information in regard to this establishment, we refer our readers to the advertisement on page...
...This does not refer to the number of Seniors who will be disappointed on Commencement...
...with the greatest gratification maintained against many ignorant or prejudiced attacks, that wealth, though an advantage, was no sure stepping-stone to favor at Harvard, and that a lack of it is no hindrance to preference and position. My observation has abundantly convinced me of this, and I always refer to it with pride. Any movement from within or without tending to disturb this natural and healthy state of things by raising the artificial cry of alms or charity, where good sense and manliness discover only labor rewarded and ability recognized, should be most unsparingly denounced...