Word: sakes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...already nothing like as strong as it is in most other American colleges, it does seem that in this case, where no expense is incurred, even those men who do not care anything for a complete class album, might put themselves out a bit for the sake of those...
...vicious newspaper attacks on Captain Hinkey. Such conclusive evidence completely exonerates him, as every fair-minded person must admit. While the university has never faltered in its loyalty to Captain Hinkey, the malicious misrepresentations of the press made a formal refutation of the charges against him imperative for the sake of Yale's good name...
...STONE,HERBERT SCHURZ.Harvard Union.The members of the Harvard Union, the better to prepare their speakers for debate, are in favor of holding debates with other societies than simply the Yale Union. Yet these other debates would be considered only as preparatory and would be held principally for the sake of the practice afforded. It is not probable that such debates would be decided, - they would rather be friendly contests. Another point of difference will be that, while the competition for speakers in the Yale debates is open to all members of the University, in these more unimportant debates only members...
...lees significant. The Graduate School is of a nature to show the effects of a depression in the country more than any other department in the University. The men who study there are generally concerned with obtaining special culture in some branch of learning for its own sake, or else are concerned with making themselves fitted to teach. The number of men who can afford the money and time for the first of these objects is apt to be cut down seriously by a general financial depression, and men of the second class are, as a rule, limited in means...
...yesterday afternoon were opened by the Glee Club, which sang two verses of "America." Major Henry L. Higginson then made a few remarks, dwelling chiefly on the sad fortune of the women who sent husbands, brothers and lovers to the war only to lose them for their country's sake...