Word: depends
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...system of assigning seats at lectures in alphabetical order has for years worked to the disadvantage of the men whose names always come towards the end of the enrolment lists. A great part of a student's convenience in a course has been made to depend wholly on the accident of his initials. While A and B have been within easy hearing of the lecturer or sight of the blackboard, the unfortunate W and the like whose name is not far from legion, have often got little more from a lecture than the satisfaction of not being marked absent...
...first few experimental years, while the Magazine was overcoming the initial inertia encountered by all new undertakings, while its necessary expenditures and its possible circle of subscribers were indefinite, the wisest policy from a business point of view was to make the subscription price one dollar, and to depend upon the treasury of the Association and upon voluntary effort for all additional needs. This decision has been justified by the result. During its first three years, which have not been favorable years for new enterprises, the Magazine with this assistance has steadily increased its number of subscribers...
...Hill. The quiet and picturesque surroundings make the situation a perfect one for the purpose and commanding a beautiful view over the city, it constitutes one of the most extensive panoramas of Rome and Campagna. How far the broad field of work laid out will actually be covered will depend upon the judgment of the committee, the resources of the school, the special qualifications of the different directors, and the requirements of the students. Study will be made of ancient sites in Italy and the work will doubtless result in publications similar to those of the American School at Athens...
...urged that there were at least 1200 men in Cambridge who, if not ill enough to be taken to a hospital, have no place other than their rooms to which they may go, and must depend on food brought to them from a distance. An infirmary would provide such men with suitable quarters and, by means of a diet kitchen, with suitable food...
...annual open handicap athletic games held Saturday afternoon were a great success. Yale has no wonders in the athletic field but must depend upon the general excellence of her men in the Yale-Harvard and intercollegiate contests...