Word: could
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...first and last verses of the "Harvard Hymn" in Latin, to the music of the "Commencement Hymn." Dean Briggs then spoke briefly of the purpose of the meeting, and said that the rewards of the scholars in the University were less evident than those of the athletes, who could command audiences of thousands. He introduced Dr. Wm. Everett '59, who spoke on the value of a scholar's training and on the value of the student to the world in every department of life...
...Harvard Observatory, were satisfactory. The weather was very favorable. A number of occultation of stars were made by means of which the moon was located in the heavens. According to the programme of observations the moon's surface was examined before and after the eclipse, but no material change could be seen. The Linne, a white spot on the moon, was however found to have increased as a result of the eclipse. The measurement of the various spots were made by means of a micrometer, which was attached to a telescope. In addition to the two large telescopes, which were...
Bruce, instead of Mayer, as was expected, opened the rebuttal for Harvard. He said that England did not bring on the war, since the Transvaal issued an ultimatum which no nation could stand, and since the condition of two-thirds of the people in the Transvaal was such as to bring on war in any case. There is no probability of a more peaceful attitude toward the Uitlanders in future, because the younger Boers are more hostile to them than the older men. The change was bound to come, and would have come by a revolution, if England...
...negotiations regarding the conventions. But conventions aside, England had the general right to protect her citizens, and Princeton did not deny this. The South African troubles had to be faced by England, but, in facing them, she did not demand government control. Wherever English subjects were maltreated, there harmony could never exist
...grill room would thus be at one end of a long hall with the billiard room at the other end. The third floor of the wing can be divided into three or four rooms to be used as the House Committee shall determine in the future. One room could be used as a private study; another could have tables for games, such as checkers, chess, etc. A third room could be used as a small lounging room for private conferences and discussions. It was thought at first that the building should contain some bedrooms, but the advisbility of this...