Word: respectable
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...found at the last minute to come under the law which forbids the erection of wooden structures within the city limits, and it is, therefore, necessary to wait until a permit to build can be secured from the Department of Public Safety. No difficulty is expected in this respect, as there are no building near at hand, and the structure itself is not an extensive...
...generally been the custom of the members of the editorial boards of college journals to manifest towards the institutions of sister colleges the respect which courtesy, if nothing else, demands. In addition, it has been the custom that whatever may have been the success of the efforts of the students of sister colleges in the various branches of college life, to give credit at least for sincerity of purpose. A breach of this rule has recently been made by the edition of a college publication, namely, the Columbia Spectator-a breach so glaring as to demand our attention...
...Harvard, Professor Bryce naturally recognizes as the leading American university. The largest staff of professors, instructors, etc., is that of Harvard with 62 professors, instructors and lecturers in the collegiate department. [In this respect Prof. Bryce is mistaken. According to the Catalogue for 1888-89, Harvard College has 95 professors, instructors and lecturers.] Columbia comes second with 50; Johns Hopkins, 49; University of Michigan, 47; Yale, 46; Princeton, 39. The salaries paid to professors at American universities and colleges are very small when compared to the general wealth of the country and the cost of living. The highest are those...
...western trip of the Glee and Banjo clubs terminated Monday night, the men arriving in Cambridge at a late hour. The tour in every respect satisfied the strongest hopes of all the members. Before houses crowded with the most enthusiastic audiences, the clubs did themselves great credit, and deserve the heartiest thanks of the college for so admirably representing it. The Harvard clubs at the different cities seemed to vie with one another in the manner of receiving their guests, and nothing was wanting in the way of hospitality...
...auditing committee respect fully submit the following report for the half year ending July...