Word: supporters
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...eliminate it. We speak thus strongly upon the subject, as there is urgent necessity that vigorous measures be taken: The association has done a great deal of good in the past and may still continue its usefulness in the future, provided we all take an interest in and support any measures for its good which may be taken by the directors...
...except members of the university itself. That the students themselves appreciate it is evident from the very noticeable efforts of theirs of late years towards securing cheaper living, and especially recently by their movement for cooperation. (2) The efforts made of late years by the university to secure support and endowment for professorships in the higher and more recondite branches of learning, are sufficient evidence that this problem is present before the authorities-that is, "that ampler provision is required for teaching in a great number of more recondite subjects." (3) "Something should be done to enable the university...
...year. (2) The creation of a more complete system of preparation for the leading professions. Something has been done towards the promotion of training for clergymen and for lawyers. Oxford and Cambridge have deficient facilities for medical training, because the towns are too small to support great hospitals. Natural science is now everywhere encouraged. (3) Ampler provision is required for teaching in a great number of more recondite subjects, and encouragement should be given to men, who do not intend to pass through the whole university course, to come and attend lectures in these subjects. (4) Something should be done...
...body of the building is 111 feet wide and 169 feet long. This one structure cost two millions of dollars. The entire sum given by the donor for a college was absorbed in the building, but the real estate which Girard gave, in trust, to the city for the support of the college, has increased in value, so that it yields annually in rents $800,000, and it is constantly growing more productive. The college grounds contain 41 acres, with about 40 distinct buildings for the use of the pupils, including a chapel, dormitories and laboratories. More than one thousand...
...habits have been consulted, and all believe that a total abstinence society, thus free from bigotry, pledges and importunity, and based upon common-sense, self-respect and gentlemanliness, will be respected by every student, whatever his own opinions or habits may be. We dare, therefore, to hope for the support of many, and the respect...