Word: similarities
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Last week Mr. Daniel A. Buckley of Cambridge presented a petition to the Legislature for an act prohibiting the game of football between students of colleges where there is an admission fee charged. Mr. Buckley succeeded in getting a similar bill introduced last year but it was dropped without being considered...
...believing that little actual benefit is afforded through it, and will hold, later in the year, a joint Andover-Exeter reunion, thus keeping alive among the students an interest in their preparatory school. This new precedent inaugurated by the Andover Club will, in all probability, have the effect of similar prizes being established by other school clubs here...
...establish a revolving lectureship, the incumbent of which is to deliver lectures at Yale, among other colleges, is peculiarly gratifying, inasmuch as the opportunities of hearing men of attainment are rare at Yale at present. These lectures will doubtless prove to be very interesting, as a civic subject, similar in scope to the questions to which Mr. Curtis devoted his life work, will be chosen by the holder of the lectureship...
...revolving lectureship, the incumbent of which shall deliver lectures in Yale, Harvard, Columbia and perhaps Amherst and Brown Colleges. The following Yale professors have charge of the fund at Yale. Weir, Bishop and Henry Farnam. The holder of the lectureship will select for his theme a civic subject, similar in scope to the questions to which Mr. Curtis devoted his life work...
...Peabody introduced Dr. Lunn, saying his work of bringing together all denominations of Christians at Grindewald was a particularly interesting one to Harvard men who are familiar with the somewhat similar plan pursued with regard to the preachers at Appleton Chapel. Dr. Lunn spoke substantially as follows...