Word: scheming
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Another point about the scheme is that it establishes a deliberative, not a representative body. The conference will, therefore, be something like a parliamentary committee...
...than was supposed to be the greatest seating capacity of the hall, and this extraordinary number of members (730) has continued unchanged, except for a few days at a time, since October 1st. The bill of fare has been improved in every possible way that was consistent with the scheme for carrying on the hall...
...past have lain idle in the desks of the instructors, and to print them in the form of a monthly supplement. At all events we shall try the experiment once, and see how it works. The instructors, we are glad to say, show the warmest interest in the scheme, and have kindly given us help and advice. They feel, as we do, that such a supplement will react on the literary work of the students. They realize that not only will it be an assistance in the formation of a good style for men to see their own work...
...altogether avoided. The French, German, and English work would also be somewhat increased in difficulty. In fact, one of the objects sought in the proposed change is the improvement of the work in English, both preparatory to, and after entering college This improvement in English is a favorite scheme of President Eliot's, who once remarked...
...third excellency of the proposed scheme is the provision for special representatives to be called to each conference, men with a large knowledge of the subject to be discussed. In a university as large as Harvard has grown to be, every man cannot be expected to understand thoroughly every question of the day, and the special representation at these conferences is like the employment of specialists at important trials, a feature of modern civilization which has come to play a recognized part in all great law cases...