Word: respecting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...that none should enrol themselves but those who seriously wished to undertake a diligent study of the subject prescribed. It is not a pleasing admission to make but one whose truth will probably not be denied that if this request had been treated with the consideration which mere self-respect would have prompted, the course would not now be too large to be accommodated in the museum. Such an ungainly number as now exists has many attendant disadvantages. Much time is always taken for the assembling of students at each lecture hour. And, which is a still more serious difficulty...
...committee on intercollegiate debates has made arrangements to have the Yale-Princeton debate here on December sixth. The question selected by Princeton is: "Resolved, That it would be wise to establish in respect of all state legislation of a general character a system of referendum similar to that established in Switzerland." Yale will have the choice of sides. Two men on each side will have five minutes each for rebuttal. The negotiations for a Harvard-Princeton debate are well under...
...some quarters, namely as to why University men should concern themselves with a movement like this. They get their mail regularly, so far as they know; what business is it of theirs, they ask, if the government is remiss in the care of its employes, or in any other respect...
...Such a state of affairs, we submit, is a disgrace to the Government and to this community, and we therefore respect fully petition that an investigation be made at the earliest possible date, in order that the convenience of the public may not be allowed to suffer, nor the health of the Government's employes be endangered...
...good feature of the game was the kicking of C. Brewer and King. They repeatedly exchanged long kicks, the West Point man excelling the Harvard back in this respect. C. Brewer played a fine game for Harvard, and it was his run that won the only score made in the game. He played half-back, but, as usual, did all the kicking...