Word: supporter
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...publish today a criticism of an article on "College Expenses" which appeared in the last number of the Monthly. The writer of that article took the position that the opinions of the outside world in regard to extravagance at Harvard are erroneous and he endeavored to support his case by a table of statistics which he claims to have collected very carefully. Our contributor who supports substantially the views of Professor Palmer on this subject, asserts that Mr. Leighton, the writer of the article above mentioned, has not only not proved his conclusions, but has in fact proved just...
...several important changes have been made in the style of the bi-weeklies at Yale. Up to the present year, the Courant and the Record have been conducted on the same plan, and they have given themselves up to the lightest kind of literature. But Yale is unwilling to support two papers of this style, and to meet the demand of the University the '88 boards of editors have made radical changes in the respective fields of the Record and Courant...
...high at the beginning, and it has been well maintained, as those who have read the numbers of the Review can testify. The editors promise to continue the same policy in the future and the prospects for the next volume shows that the promise will be fulfilled. The earnest support of all who are interested in legal matters will be needed during the coming two or three years, which will be the most critical in the history of the magazine, and it is not too much to ask that that support be heartily rendered by the members of the University...
...superseded by iron and steel. Steel is better than iron because equal strength can be gained with less weight and bulk and greater durability. It seems probable that steel will be the best material for building bridges in the future. The simplest form of a bridge is a beam supported at the ends. This form is suitable only for very short spans, for the load is transverse and the beam tends to break in the middle of its own weight. Strength is obtained by bracing together two or more systems of trusses. These trusses are made of beams bolted together...
...subsidize our shipping would be to tax the people to support an industry which our own laws render unsuccessful...