Word: tend
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...marching in the Cleveland and Hendricks procession (which is not to be Democratic, but made up of Democrats and independent Republicans alike) will do their best to strike a blow at official corruption and show disapprobation of the present course of the Republican party. It may at least tend to show the party leaders what to expect from this large body of men who will nearly all be voters when the next Presidential nominations are made, and who will extend their influence as educated men throughout our great country...
Anything that will tend to beautify the grounds of the college, which truly lack adornment so far as any works of art are concerned, will be received with due appreciation by both undergraduates and alumni. It is certainly remarkable that no statues of the past benefactors of the University have ever been presented to the college, though indeed, the busts and portraits in Mrmorial Hall are not to be forgotten...
...defense of the society system, the writer says that the societies are put at a disadvantage in one respect, because they do not, and will not offer explanations to their assailants on account of this very secrecy. The objection to class societies that they tend to produce too great exclusiveness, and to magnify class distinctions, is met by the reply that class feeling is a good thing, and that the experiment of university societies for social purposes failed at Yale. It is sometimes claimed that the senior societies govern the college press. The fact that on the editorial boards...
...they should present as strong a front as possible when they go to New Haven. The Yale men will be playing on their own grounds with which they are familiar, and they will be encouraged by the presence of a considerable number of sympathizers, both of which circumstances will tend to steady their play. For Harvard, '87, the only way to overcome this disadvantage is to work as faithfully as possible from now until the time selected for the game. Considerable work has already been done, and the number of men who have been practising during the last two months...
...Cambridge came after them from the old to the new seat of learning. It was still comparatively young-50 years old-when the New England college was founded, and was the Puritan centre of learning. Many of the early New England clergymen got their training there. All these reasons tend to bind Emmanuel and Harvard together. On account of this friendly interest, Professor Norton, who sailed for Europe last week, has been asked to represent Harvard at the approaching ceremonies, which will take place upon the fourteenth of June...