Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...further work can be done until the treaty has been made with the government, and to accomplish this money is needed. Contributions have been sent in all the way from $500 to $1 both from individuals and colleges. Even the public schools of Boston are contributing. But Harvard College stands in a unique position and much interest is taken in what she will subscribe. In five years she has hadthree directors and one chairman in the society. The Ins itute is working hard to secure the required amount of some $80,000, and if they do not succeed...
...single lens telescopes. It will have an aperture of twenty-four inches. Its focal length will be short, and consequently it will include a large area of the sky at once, and will also obtain images of very faint stars and nebulae. With this telescope, Professor Pickering expects to accomplish as much as seventeen other observatories working together according to a plan recently matured at Paris. The lenses will require almost as much metal and as much time and care in construction as the great Lick lens. The contracts have been awarded to the manufacturers of the Lick lens...
...stands Harvard must win one game from Yale to tie with Princeton for second place, two games to take second place alone, and all three to win the championship. It is a formidable task but it is a possibility. Hard, steady work with good support from the university will accomplish...
...railroads. These are inherently wrong, but cannot be changed by the stroke of the pen. The principal purpose of the interstate commerce act is to secure uniformity and impartiality in railroad service. The act was read at this point to show the manner in which it proposed to accomplish this. The requirements seem simple but when there is an attempt to enforce them, immediate difficulties are met. For instance, in the clause, "the charges (for transportation) shall be reasonable and just," great difficulty is found in interpreting the words "reasonable and just." To attempt to regulate the rate of transportation...
...close and exciting. The two races between Harvard and Tech. This year have both been so successful that it is to be hoped that a similar race may be a regular semi-annual, or at least, an annual event. A plan has been proposed which will easily and effectually accomplish this. The scheme is to have a perpetual challenge cup to be subscribed jointly by the clubs Space might be left on the cup for the names of the winning teams, and in the course of a few years it would become a valuable trophy. Although this scheme was found...