Word: warring
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...cent in 1849-50. Then it remained in the neighborhood of 50 per cent till 1855-56, when it suddenly rose to 55 per cent. It then declined somewhat, and from 1859 to 1864 it was again in the neighborhood of 50 per cent; but after the Civil War it declined for four years to about 44 per cent. This decline was probably due to the return from the War of young men whose education had been interrupted. They naturally entered the professional schools. In 1868-69 the percentage of College students was again at 50 per cent; but from...
...annual winter meeting of the Harvard Athletic Association will be held in the Gymnasium Saturday, February 16. The regular events will be: Potato race, 10 yards dash, spring-board leap, parallel bars, pole vault, tumbling, and tug-of-war. The invitation events will be high jump and putting the shot...
...leave the Academy, in a school specially adapted to the purpose. But the plan as a whole he commends, principally because "it provides for employment in time of peace of a considerable force which, in case of public need, could be at once turned to the uses of war...
...October, 1862, he was appointed chaplain in the 52nd regiment, and served with it under Gen. Banks in Louisiana and in the Red River campaign. Since the war he has attended scores of reunions and was a great favorite with the veterans...
...half of dollars, but it cost the managers four millions and a half. This fact has been recognized and it is generally the policy of managers in this country to recognize this. They have learned the lesson,- recognition and there is harmony; no recognition and there is war...