Word: resultants
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...there was a monarchist Assembly, whose term had nearly expired, and which was certain not to be re-elected. There was also an anti-republican president, whose term was nearly up, and whose re-election was unconstitutional. In the literature of the time there was no allusion to the result of the coming elections. for everybody knew that both parties were prepared for violence. The question was who would come in first? Now things are different. The president is a strong republican, universally respected by the people, whose term has just begun. The Senate is also republican, and no elections...
...doing this it is following the excellent and successful precedent of last year, when this formerly almost dormant society blossomed forth into one of the most active of literary societies at Harvard. The successful performance of last year gave a great boom to the society, and its immediate result was a large increase in the number of members, all taking a great interest in the welfare and progress of the society. We trust that this, the second attempt will meet with the same success as the initial one did, and will firmly establish an institution towards which Harvard can only...
...well to be on the safe side, and we would urge the directors of the Hall to return to the old system of leaving umbrellas checked in the auditor's office. A little more care on the part of the men who make such mistakes through thoughtlessness would result in the greater comfort of every...
...schools which made a specialty of fitting for some college other than the one they wished to enter. Thus a good deal of the regular school work was unnecessary, and had to be made up by extra work in other studies. So far the commission has accomplished one good result, at least, by making the requirements for English literature uniform in all the fourteen colleges. The commission now contemplates raising the requirements in modern languages, and should the plan succeed, all the colleges interested would probably adopt the same standard. Similarity in entrance examinations is not only impossible but undesirable...
...arrived. The sight which met the eyes of the students as they entered Chickering Hall was very gratifying. Of the twelve hundred seats, nearly every one had been taken, and the audience was as brilliant as it was large. The clubs were stimulated to do their best, and the result was undoubtedly a great surprise...