Word: strengthened
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...subject, "The Present State of the Theories of the Formation of Coral Reefs," and said in part: The theory of Darwin was that the formation of attols or coral barrier reefs was due to the subsidence of the district where they are situated. Dana's observations seemed greatly to strengthen the theory and its very simplicity gained it popularity. The first tangible objection to the theory was found in 1881 when a coral reef twenty-five fathoms deep was discovered off Yucatan, a peninsular which is still rising. My theory is that under the proper favorable conditions coral formation will...
Numerous examples might be cited of college organizations whose serious purpose has been much aided by the pleasant social features of their meetings. Little effort has been made to strengthen debating in this way, and we think that an innovation in the line of the experiment which Yale is reported to have begun, might be of practical value in Cambridge. The object should be, not so much to arrange dinners or other entertainments on special occasions, as to brighten up the regular meetings...
...Graduate Athletic Association meeting tonight calls many alumni to Cambridge to forward a project which bids fair to greatly strengthen our athletic policy in centralizing and controlling graduate interest. The plan is by no means a new one. It has been carefully considered and formulated by those who set the active movement on foot six weeks ago, and that it meets with widespread approval is shown by the large number of favorable responses to the circulars issued...
Yale' s strong attack on Harvard 's argument was her denial that the possession of the Hawaiian Islands would strengthen this country from a strategic point, but that the possession of the islands would weaken her and cause her a vest item of expense in defending them...
...evening at 7 in Holden Chapel is a sign of a most commendable and healthy spirit among the religious societies. Their work in the past as individuals has been admirable in its simplicity and quiet effectiveness, and this new movement toward a more complete unity of purpose ought to strengthen all the societies greatly. It will place them in a still more dignified position before the University, and remedy their principal, if not their only weakness in the past. No man could be better fitted than Dr. Hodges to address such a meeting in a spirit of broad minded tolerance...