Word: similarities
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...announced that Yale has chosen the negative of the question selected for the Yale-Princeton Debate. "Resolved; That it would be wise to establish in respect of all state legislation of a general character, a system of referendum similar to that established in Switzerland." The interpretation of the question is as follows: "State legislation," refers to an enactment by a State legislature; "of a general character" means affecting general as distinct from particular interests, and does not necessarily refer to geographical application...
...editorial which has recently appeared in "The Pennsylvanian," strongly advocates the appointment of an athletic committee similar to the one at Harvard, to have entire charge of athletics at the University of Pennsylvania. The editorial says in part: "It isn't a very pleasant thing to have to say, but there is and has been entirely too much heard from some of the individual Directors of the Athletic Association; too much posing before the public; too great, far too great a tendency to rush into print on every possible occasion. Not only in the present instance, but many times...
...firm, equitable and dignified position of Harvard in all athletic matters of recent years offers a telling argument in favor of having a similar body in control of athletics at Pennsylvania...
...supposed that crystals are made up of crystal Molecules, arranged with perfect regularity and composed of a large number of chemical molecules. In all parallel planes there is the same distribution of molecules. The closer they are together in a plane, the greater is the distance apart of two similar planes. The farther apart two planes are, the less is their cohesion. Only certain planes occur in Nature. The lecturer illustrated his talk by various specimens, models...
...material used will be the finest statuary bronze. The design has not yet been chosen by the committee in charge, but it will, in general plan, be similar to the tablet in memory of Mr. Nathaniel Thayer, in the First Church, Boston. This tablet is in the shape of an unrolled scroll, with ends folded over. It is 5 ft. 6 in. long and 3 ft. 8 in. wide...