Word: rigid
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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During the year the endowment fund has been increased $1000. The work of the Society has been carried on the past year without incurring debt but it has been necessary to practice the most rigid economy. The executive committee have felt that a more generous investment of money in current expenses would be judicious. This is especialy true in regard to the library, which needs frequent additions to make the various courses as fruitful as they ought...
...fund provided for by the Articles of Agreement. The committee have in their hands a sufficient sum, the surplus received from the Base Ball association in 1887-88, to meet the charges for the current year. In 1888-89 there was no surplus, but a debt. The situation demands rigid economy in the administration of the finances of the two associations specially concerned in 1889-90. To its gravity the officers of these associations are fully awake...
...system of discipline at Harvard differs materially from that in vogue at Oxford. In the English university the discipline is quite rigid. The college gates are closed at a certain hour of the night, and the students are supposed to be within college limits at that time. There are other restrictions that are designed to keep the members of the university more or less in check. At Harvard, no such strictness of discipline prevails. The students are given a wider liberty, and each man is thereby thrown upon his own responsibility. The effects of the two systems are, of course...
...statement, as something imperative. To spend two weeks at New London and leave the crew free from debt, four hundred dollars more must be had. The crew have so felt the necessity of ending the year without a debt that, as the statement explains, they have practiced the most rigid economy. The money spent has been for boats, a steam launch, and a rowing tank, which will be of permanent use to the Boat club in future years. No efforts have been spared to save unnecessary expense. The economy of the management and the good work of the crew should...
...department of Mathematics the instructors in many courses are changed. New courses are, Math. 12, Theory of Equation.- Mr. Sawin. Math. 14, Higher Algebra.- Mr. Sawin. Math. 16, Problems in Mechanics of Rigid Bodies.- Professor Byerly...