Word: statement
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...catalogue of Princeton College for the current academic year has just been issued. The prosperity of the institution is shown by the statement that it has at present 527 students, divided as follows: Fellows, s; graduate students, 54; academic, 379, and scientific 86. Of these New Jersey and Pennsylvania each contribute 105, New York 83, Ohio 36, Kentucky 21, Maryland 20, the District of Columbia 15, Illinois 14, and other states smaller numbers. Bulgaria, India, the Sandwich Islands, Scotland, and the West Indies each send one. These students are instructed by 39 Professors and Tutors...
...currently reported that Charles Francis Adams Jr., has several times of late asserted very positively in conversation his belief that within two years the study of Greek, as a requirement for admission to Harvard college, will have been entirely done away with. How far Mr. Adams' statement is likely to be fulfilled it is of course 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...
...referee would not allow. The crowning point is reached, however, when it boldly states that "four minutes before the time had expired, Mr. Peace declared the game finished, " when "it seemed as if Yale must make a touchdown, so near was the ball to the goal line." This plain statement to the effect that Mr. Peace cheated, would, from any other source than a Yale paper, be deemed a gross and inexcusable insult. It would hardly seem possible that any paper published by college men could make such an assertion. All that can be said is Yale...
...heart of the average English voter and is the most popular campaign method. In the disbursement of his cash the candidate is assisted by an agent, who keeps strict account of every item, and at the close of the campaign is compelled by law to make a sworn statement. Should any expenditure be made for bribery or other than legitimate expenses, an appeal is made to the courts, and should the charge be fully substantiated the member loses his seat. The candidate is also assisted in his canvass by a local committee which directs its energies toward bringing...
...Saturday Evening Gazette is authority for the statement that the secretary of a Harvard class has such faith in Bell telephone stock that he has invested the class fund...