Word: standing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...education for women results in the production of many uninteresting types. Yet it must be remembered that that system is yet in its infancy, and that furthermore the type portrayed in our quotation cannot fairly be said to be representative-at least of American girl graduates. Wellesly and Vassar stand as a complete refutation of and such doctrine...
...that we have a shooting club, it is to be hoped that all who have experience in rifle shooting will come forward and practice, for already many enquiries have come to hand as to the chances of our putting a team into the field this year, and many clubs stand ready to shoot against us if challenged. There is no reason why we should be unable to form a most excellent team of four, six, or even eight, from the material at hand, and if this could be done we might gain laurels for the college...
...speech before the Yale alumni in New York, on Saturday, Hon. Wm. M. Evarts regarded coldly the liberal education as compared with the classic, and said with emphasis: "We'll stand by our college while it stands by Greek and Latin," a sentiment which was received with applause...
...impossible for one not connected with the government of the college to judge. The statement certainly deserves considerable weight from the fact that Mr. Adams is a prominent member of the Board of Overseers and by his recent address before the Phi Beta Kappa has already taken the strongest stand possible in favor of the movement for the abolition of Greek as a requirement for admission. The report made by the committee of the Board of Overseers upon this subject last spring, sometime previous to Mr. Adams' address, it will be remembered gave very strong indications of some probable move...
...than the people themselves, is one which has never been satisfactorily decided in all its bearings. One thing is certain, that by the adoption of the latter view of the question, the nation is able to procure wiser and more sagacious men, and the House of Commons does not stand in danger of losing its dignity and prestige as a deliberative body. Questions of this nature must be solved by each member individually, and in no two cases are the existing conditions similar...