Word: supporting
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1880-1889
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...school has been Thomas Hooper Eckfeldt, A. B. (Wesleyan, 1882). His work will be a thesis on the Temple of Asklepios at Epidaurus. The small attendance at the school is due to the fact that no scholarships have, as yet, been founded, and all students are compelled to support themselves...
Williams College has already subscribed $1,200 for the support of her ball nine next season...
...Because they represent the foot-ball interests of Harvard for this year, we think them more competent to select a proper captain. But whatever system of election is adopted, we believe that the foot-ball men, and Harvard men at large, will give to the successful candidate their heartiest support and good wishes...
...skill, and to them, now, the future can only offer opportunities for greater triumphs. In recognition of their labors, it is hoped that not only a good audience but a crowded house will greet them in Sander's Theatre next Wednesday evening. What better way can there be to support a college institution, than by contributing to that which will return four-fold in pleasure. Let every man then show, by his presence at Sander's, that he appreciates the musical skill and enthusiasm of our Pierian and Glee Club...
...give our hearty support to the petition which is to be circulated asking for the abolition of compulsory prayers. In taking this stand we are not influenced by disrespect for the system of daily prayer, nor by dissatisfaction with the manner in which they are conducted. We simply hold that compulsion in any religious observance renders the effect nugatory, and at the same time tends to prevent that spontaneity of motive for a religious life which alone is productive of good. The discussion in regard to compulsory prayers that has been carried on in the papers...