Word: size
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...comes to America without visiting the University. One of the best conditions under which the President must work is the constantly recurring opportunity of moral advancement in judging conduct and sentiment with justice. There is also a vast opportunity for developing the gentler characteristics. In a community of the size of Harvard there is always something sad or piteous taking place, which the President can do much in relieving. The Presidency of Harvard is a happy and privileged position in which to work, and its incumbent cannot help growing and broadening in the exercise of his duties. Harvard...
...election and 39 per cent. for the second. These figures are unfortunately considerably lower than in most years, and lower even than the average for the past four years, while the present Senior class has been in College. During these years the classes have been of nearly the same size, 1909, however, being the largest by quite a margin. An average of these years shows a vote of 58 per cent. for the officers and 44 per cent. for the committees. From any point one cares to view it these are disgracefully low figures. In political elections of the city...
...stairway is a large paved area flanked by massive walls, on which were found the inverted bases of four columns. Beyond the paved platform, there are probably the remains of a temple. To the west of the stairway a chamber 20 by 40 feet in size was found partly cut in the rock. A large pit in the floor was not explored because of lack of time. At the foot of the stairway the trunk of a marble statue, probably of some Roman emperor, was discovered, as well as an altar. Two small columns with Latin inscriptions were unearthed...
...year and last year are not as easy as they might be nor do they prove altogether satisfactory. Different situations existed in various ways in the two years; there was one more course held last year than this at that hour, the courses were not necessarily of the same size and so on, so that even making allowances for such differences will not give an accurate basis for final comparison. The figures show, however, that 79 men cut on the day of the Carlisle game and 110 on the day of the Dartmouth game which in itself is a very...
...want bright, clean-cut young men of good size and build and citizens of the United States, and can offer them much instruction in Navy matters and a cruise for one week in the summer on board one of the United States war vessels. We require attendance at drills one night a week during ten months in the year where instruction is given during the winter in infantry and artillery, knotting, splicing, etc., while during the summer, rifle and revolver practice, seamanship, gunnery and boat drill under sail and oar, are taken...