Word: space
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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WILL you kindly allow me space in your columns for a few remarks concerning the recent Mid-Year Examination in Latin...
...tenth Library Bulletin contains, in the body of the accession list, a valuable note on the early maps of America. Among the accessions is a copy of the Caxton Bible, which was printed from movable type and bound in the short space of twelve hours, on occasion of the Caxton commemoration in 1877, copies of which are also in the libraries of the Massachusetts Historical Society and the American Antiquarian Society...
...space devoted to the subject of scholarships in the President's Report, and the fact that many of the Junior class have just been writing forensics on the propriety of throwing them open to those who are not in need, makes this a very suitable time for the further discussion of our present system of scholarships. In another column will be found a communication from a graduate, and we shall be glad to welcome any intelligent discussion of the subject. It is evident that it is not closed by the President's Report. He has shown, to be sure, that...
...similar occasion in America, and it is fair to presume that if next June's crews are believed to be evenly matched, the attendance will be doubled. But New London offers no facilities for lodging such a multitude over night, or even for supplying it with food for the space of a day; and great dissatisfaction and discomfort would therefore result from delays or postponements. Of course these latter may in any case be brought about by the weather or other uncontrollable cause; but the chance of their occurrence would certainly be increased by any attempt to row subsidiary races...
...idea of a "World's Rowing Regatta" upon "clear, placid Leman," one of the most beautiful sheets of water to be found on the globe, adapted in every way for a perfect race, where all the boats entered could start in line and have full space for work, - is certainly as novel as it is pleasing, and, with my colleagues of the Consular Corps, I sincerely hope that all true admirers of Aquatic sports throughout the world will unite in promoting such a wished-for consummation...