Word: size
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Harvard Index for 1875 - 6 is to be on sale in about ten days. The size and appearance of the book will be the same as last year, save that no advertisements will be introduced into the body of the work. Some of the matters of little interest will be omitted, and in its place will be published a complete list of the students of the University, conveniently arranged for reference. Students, whose names or addresses are omitted in the Catalogue, or incompletely or incorrectly printed, are earnestly requested to send, as soon as possible, a postal card, with...
...second the overwhelming numbers of '80 [35 in the class] overcame the resistance, and decided the fate of the contest. '79 was pushed, but it was not to their shame. For hey showed great pluck in attempting to 'rush' a class just twice their own in size...
...investigating the historic past of Boston is not the only attraction for the student. Browsing in its libraries, - that of the city of Boston and the Boston Athenaeum, incomparable in management and size, - improving its opportunities for study of the sciences unsurpassed by any American city; cruising around the harbor, saluting the "Marathon" off Boston Light, just from Europe, or scudding (with the lee scuppers under water and every inch of canvas set) under the brow of formidable forts, past the Halcyon, the Romance, or the Brenda, form an agreeable diversion to the ordinary routine of strict application...
...degrees of A. M., Ph. D., etc. The exercises will be much more largely attended, because of the increase of interest among the friends of those who have hitherto been rather unjustly unrepresented, and the completion of the Theatrum will be opportune both on account of its size and its acoustic qualities, which are thought to be the best in the country. The Professors will hereafter wear gowns at Commencement...
...then complain that he was paying fifteen dollars for one fourth the accommodations given to a Holyoke member; the trouble of four different organizations would be avoided, and with it the inevitable necessity of continual changes in the limits, if the clubs are to be fairly equal in size...