Word: scaling
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...most unwise policy to encourage among college students the resort to methods of money earning which rank so low in the scale of honorable employment. The theory that all self-supporting labor is honorable is here in danger of being too widely applied. There are certain forms of menial service to which it is not well for a self-respecting man to become habituated, even if such a one can. Among them the waiting in Memorial Hall may safely be classed...
...most unwise policy to encourage among college students the resort to methods of money earning which rank so low in the scale of honorable employment. The theory that all self supporting labor is honorable is here in danger of being too widely applied...
...Cercle Francais will hold a very important meeting tonight to decide on next year's play. It is proposed to give a performance on a much larger scale than ever before giving, in addition to the usual comedy, a prologue of singing and dancing, together with two or three intermedes of fancy ballet and a grand finale. Before taking such a step, however, the opinions of all the members of the cercle are desired, so that, if the proposed plan be adopted, the hearty cooperation of the club may be assured. Professor de Sumichrast will explain the proposed plan...
...with burning ware house, Chatham Square by moonlight, the rich man's residence uptown, the river under the bridge, and in Steve Brodie's picture-lined saloon. A radical innovation has been decided upon by the management of the Columbia for the balance of the season. An entirely new scale of prices has been arranged, as follows: Orchestra stalls and loges, $1; orchestra circle, 75 cents...
...Silliman Professor of Geology at Yale, and is intended to have the same significance of scholarly merit that Phi Beta Kappa holds among classical students. Phi Beta Kappa has also adopted certain amendments to its constitution and raised its standard of membership from 3.15 to 3.20 on a scale of 4 during a course of 2 years of more, or 3.40 for a single year. The object of the changes is to equalize the amount of work which must be done in order to secure an election to the society and to decrease the numbers as well as increase...