Word: showings
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...holding such a meeting, and there is every reason to expect that it will prove a great success. It should be under taken in a generous spirit. Our indebtedness to the amateur athletic clubs of New York and Boston is large in one sense, and we should endeavor to show them in this meeting our appreciation of the many courtesies extended to Harvard athletes...
...assiduous application to one subject for eight hours a day enables an earnest student to make an extraordinary progress in a new language or a new science." The opportunity for this especially in the courses which require field-work, is very advantageously offered in the summer, and the statistics show that a gradually increasing number of men are coming to realize the fact...
...lesson for us. The man who has been delivered from a burden of perplexity and sorrow must not forget that there are other men still finding there loads almost too hard to bear. Let him who is joyful carry his gift of good tidings to his fellowmen and show his gratitude by giving up his life to them...
...report of the Dean of the College which is published with the annual report of the President contains several tables of interesting statistics, among them two accounting for the losses and gains by classes during the last year. The second of these tables shows that the number of men who entered a higher class was larger than the number of those who were dropped and entered a lower class. This is significant as another fact proving how much the earnest and scholarly spirit predominates in the work done here. Last year the Dean pointed with pride in his report...
...show the growth of the Graduate School, it may be interesting to note that in 1872-3, fifteen men applied for new degrees; in 1890-1, as has been mentioned, there were 132. Until the year 1872, the degree of Master of Arts was awarded upon the payment of a small fee, no study beyond that required for A. B., being necessary. The requirement of one year of residence and study in approved courses was, at that time, 1872, felt to be as severe as the public sentiment would bear...