Word: reference
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...corespondent which has been going on in the columns of the Nation with reference to the American use of the word "college" has given occasion for some very interesting quotations from the Harvard archives. In a letter which appears, in the current number, Mr. W. G. Brown of the University Library rejects the assertion that the word "College" as applied to a single building in the early records, was a dialectal use which sprang up in America. He quotes two items from an old inventory of the college property, dated twenty years after the founding. They refer...
...remembered that there was no one on the nine exactly fitted to take Whittemore's place as captain, and so the athletic committee took the matter of electing one in their own hands, and that is how the case stands now. Nothing has been done as yet, except to refer the case to a sub-committee who expect sometime before Christmas to choose a head coach for the nine. He will take entire charge of the candidates until sometime in the spring when the nine has practically been chosen and then the team will choose their own captain from amongst...
...uncivilized condition of the mass of people who ride in the electric cars in Cambridge. As the first Symphony Concert in Sanders Theatre had not then taken place, he could not mention what must have occurred to him tonight, if he was present at the concert. I refer to the lack of civilization which permits to suffice the totally inadequate provision made for the coats, cloaks, overshoes, wraps and umbrellas of the audience. To be sure there were the umbrella racks, but there was nobody to check one's umbrella, and even if there had been, where...
...negative of the question selected for the Yale-Princeton Debate. "Resolved; That it would be wise to establish in respect of all state legislation of a general character, a system of referendum similar to that established in Switzerland." The interpretation of the question is as follows: "State legislation," refers to an enactment by a State legislature; "of a general character" means affecting general as distinct from particular interests, and does not necessarily refer to geographical application...
...Imaginaire," explaining the advantages and obstacles in that especial play. The question was then thrown open to the club. About half of the members expressed a preference for "L'Avare," a longer and more widely read play. As there was no decided majority ??? either way, it was decided to refer the ??? matter to the executive committee. The parts will probably be assigned provisionally before the summer. All ??? members who wish to try for parts are asked to send in their names to the secretary...