Word: retainable
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...bearing of an aristocrat, with the convictions of a radical. He had, besides, a literary man's memory,- he could illustrate anything with an appropriate anecdote. No man can retain such power as he possessed for any length of time without being materially changed; he himself said that his life was not wholesome, as he had a constant craving for opposition. Like most of the prohibitionists, he had difficulty in keeping his desire for opposition and controversy out of lectures when there was no call for them. He had difficulty in drawing the line in after life between the reformer...
...course the freshmen have taken hold of an athletic interest in a manner which gives promise of good results. In football they have been a disapointment, but in the matter of rowing they seem to have grasped the situation, and there is a right spirit among them. If they retain their good resolutions and persist in their efforts through the preliminary work, the outlook for a good crew next spring will be excellent. If on the contrary, the men lose their earnestness and drop out because they do not find much fun in it, a gradual decadence of spirit will...
Tenants who are not to be students in any Cambridge departments of the University in 1893-94 are required to remove the furniture from their rooms before July 5. Other tenants who do not retain their rooms for 1893-94 must return the keys to their rooms to the porters before leaving Cambridge, and must remove their furniture before September 18, when the new tenants are entitled to possession. Any furniture remaining after the dates given for removal in the rooms of the tenants above specified will be removed and stored at the owner's risk and expense...
...professors and six instructors. In each case the call has been declined. At the same time the number of assistants and recent graduates who accept positions in other colleges is noticeably large. The University must eventually reap the fruit of this wide dissemination. We cannot hope or wish to retain here as instructors all who are fitted for such positions. And yet it is gratifying, and something on which we may justly pride ourselves, that there are here at Harvard influences which prevail over the alluring offers of the rich institutions, which have sprung up recently. Harvard, in its present...
...present Senior Board of Editors will retain control of the News and the Alumni Weekly till...