Word: responded
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...matters absolutely in their own hands, it they will say their soul's their own. It will be a strange thing under the sun, if a thousand men of our race, to whom increased independence is offered, are so scared at the responsibility that goes with it, as to respond to the challenge by a general sauve-quipeut...
...discriminate in matters of religion are unable to act in a responsible matter in a mere case of gentlemanly conduct. It is a disgrace that Harvard students, when called upon to vote as a body upon a matter of moment to the whole university, not only fail to respond to the call, but even allow themselves to be betrayed into an action characterized only by boyish irresponsibility. It is a disgrace, that when the faculty have asked the students of the university to take sober action in a matter which concerned them as men, many of the students have shown...
...gift from the college to the city, - hence, the students feel that they are exercising a sort of proprietary right in accompanying it to fires. The second supposition, however, would seem to be the more probable, since it shows up in the light of self-interest this tendency to respond to alarms. Every student who rooms in the older dormitories in the yard knows that it is only a question of time when he may be compelled to rush for his life from his blazing building. He trains himself, therefore, for the inevitable crisis by getting out-of-doors...
...great a burden upon the students and unjust to parents and guardians that so large an expense should be borne by the students. It was resolved that this canvass should be made of the alumni of the college to see if they would be able to respond liberally in subscriptions for a new gymnasium. It is desired that a gymnasium costing about $100,000 should be built, and if a good proportion of that sum is subscribed, as is believed it will be, Yale will possess the much needed gymnasium. When we remember the large number of candidates...
...building for the school purposes. The Greek government has offered to present the school with a site, for this building, valued at $13,500. Prof. White, in concluding, refers to this proposal in the following terms: "It will be to our enduring shame if we do not at once respond to this generous offer of the Greek Government, and provide for our school a permanent and fitting home at Athens...