Word: widely
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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sition, and as he is an instructor of original ideas and deep research, he is likely to exert a wide influence on the study of classics in the West...
...interesting feature in regard to this fund is that the money which has been given, has come from men who have never before contributed to the college. No appeals have been made to them; the gifts have been purely voluntary. The wide range from which the subscriptions have come is also worth noting. Two have been received from China, besides others from Japan, India, South America, and various parts of Europe...
Perhaps this increase is due in large measure to Professor I. N. Hollis, who succeeds Professor W. H. Burr, recently resigned to accept a position at Columbia. Professor Hollis is a man who has had wide experience in engineering lines and is an expert in his subject. He was assistant engineer in the navy department, has designed the engines of several new large vessels, and has been with the Bureau of Steam Engineering at Washington. He will have here seven courses under his direct charge, including an entirely new one in mechanical engineering. The following are some of the changes...
...which make up the main body of our college sports, namely, Track Athletics, Rowing, Football and Baseball. These subjects he has treated in a clear and easy style, aiming to give that instruction as to best methods of training teams and actual performances in the sports which his wide experience and observation fits him so well to do. These articles are interspersed with incidents and stories of great contests and at the close is an appendix giving the latest rules for the sports. The book is illustrated with many instructive cuts and diagrams.- [Walter Camp's Book of Sports...
Conant Hall, on the opposite side of the street, will be 164 ft. long, 94 ft. wide and four stories high. The material for construction will be the same as that used for Perkins, but the lines in the plans do not follow so strictly the regular colonial style...