Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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President Angell's report to the board of regents, of Michigan University, notes an increase of thirty-six in the attendance of women during 1886-7, and a relative gain in numbers with respect to the male student. They now form nearly seventeen per cent. of the whole. He bears witness to their capacity to meet the severest tests of the common discipline, and says:- "The advantages derived from the University courses have proved as helpful to the women in their lives subsequent to their graduation as to the men." Of both sexes, he says: "The number of farmers' children...
...finally as to boats. Our position last spring in this respect was an unusual one. Without a boat in which we could row a race, still we owed $206 on one that had been bought in 1886. An outcome of our long credit system arising from a lack of proper financial support! The experiment of trying an English boat was thought expedient. It was not safe, however, to trust wholly to an innovation, so a native shell had to be ordered at the same time. This increased expenses, of course, but if the college realized the importance of having...
...have scattered there. However, it is possible that our lack of education in Whitman's poetry, may cause a lack of appreciation in his work. None are so blind as those who won't see. The writer of the article has studied his subject well and we must respect his opinions, while we may not agree with them...
That the gymnasium is in many ways the best equipped of any college gymnasium in this country, may be true enough, but like the best of everything, there is plenty of room for improvement. Harvard is not a whit behind the age in this respect. The shower-baths, which are of greater necessity and utility than any other thing connected with the gymnasium, are either very badly managed or else there is a flaw in the construction of the pipes bringing in the hot and cold water supply. Every day it takes ten or fifteen minutes to regulate the temperature...
...tribe for civilized life is made a citizen of the United States, and that the Indians who receive land are subject to the laws of the country. The great trouble with the bill is that it gives the Indians no courts or power to enforce their laws. In this respect as in many others the bill is a failure. Mr. Harrison then spoke on the general home life of the Indian and the need of means for the association to carry on their work. The society now possesses more information than even the Government officials...