Word: transfer
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...with all zest into the work of the Unitarian ministry, and during the thirty years ensuing gave to it, in various cities of New England, the best vigor of his life. . . . In 1857 he was made Professor of Ecclesiastical History in Harvard University, and held this chair until his transfer to that of German Literature in 1872. This was the most active part of his literary life, during which he wrote many books besides a number of remarkable magazine articles. The best known of his works are his "Prose Writers of Germany," his "Primaeval World of Hebrew. Tradition...
...fear expressed, in that members of the Tennis Association can hand down their courts to others by evading the rules, as is done in the case of college rooms, is unfounded. Under the rules of the Tennis Association, no such transfer will be possible, as a member on leaving the university has to give up his court, which will then be assigned...
...that the server is required to have one foot inside or on the base line and the other foot outside the base line and on the ground. This will prevent the possibility of standing entirely outside of the court when serving. A further amendment requires the umpire to transfer players from one end of the courts to the other at the end of every game in case one court for any reason is preferable. Formerly players were so changed after each odd game - first, third, fifth, etc. This rule can, we think, apply only to deuce sets, as otherwise there...
...that "three-fourths of the literary power of the country and four-fifths of the intellectual ability" were on the Conservative side, and the answer by a writer in the Times giving a long list of eminent liberals. The Spectator says, "Neither assertion nor rejoinder matters a straw. The transfer of power, under our modern system, is not left to professors, but to those whom they scarcely influence at all." - [N. Y. Post...
...this purpose it empowers the society to "employ teachers, furnish instruction, give aid to deserving students, procure and hold books, suitable apparatus, and lands and buildings for the accommodation of officers, teachers and students," to "perform all acts appropriate to the main purpose of the association," and to transfer "the whole or any part of its funds or property to the president or fellows of Harvard College" whenever the same can be so done as to advance the purpose for which the society is chartered, in a manner satisfactory to the association...