Word: towards
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...forming, within the new building, a museum of old Harvard relics of history and art. This in a few years would become a collection of no small importance, and certainly could not fail to increase in interest as years go by. Whether or not any move has been made toward realizing Mr. Osgood's idea we cannot say; but we feel that no time is to be lost in taking a more general action on the subject. If the Memorial Building when completed is to afford the facilities, it would seem that no better place could be chosen for locating...
...glad to learn that the Directors of the Reading-Room are taking steps which look toward a surer foundation for the success of one of the best institutions within our University. It is generally known that during the years previous to this a large debt for gas was contracted; and now that the directors see their way clearly towards a debtless year of our own, it is proposed to pay off this debt of other years that has long hampered the actions of the association. To this end subscriptions are being tendered by the able and the willing, and through...
...lists for the coming year were as crowded as ever. But the pupils at Penikese come from a poorly paid class. However grateful for the privilege of studying at a seaside school of natural history, very few among them can afford to contribute even a small sum toward its support. On the other hand, the Professors, disinterested as they have shown themselves, can hardly continue year after year to give up their summer months, without any adequate remuneration, to this undertaking...
Creep the waves up the beach toward...
...unfortunate Clown was crossing the threshold, he turned toward the audience, who were rushing and tumbling out of the front doors, and pathetically observed...