Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...began with a few remarks concerning the popular cry for a large navy. He defined the uses of a navy as three: to guard the coast. protect commerce, survey and police the seas. He granted that the navy of the United States in its present condition could not accomplish the first two of these things, but claimed that this is not necessary, and that our navy is sufficient for the third purpose...
...hardly necessary to hope that the Vesper Services will be continued next year. The success of the past three years, if the stamp of the hearty approval of the students can accomplish anything, has certainly made them a permanent fixture in the life here...
...Prohibition has failed to accomplish its purpose (1) in Massachusetts-Christian Union, Feb. 28, 1889; American Journal of Social Science, 14, 90; (2) in Rhode Island-Nation, Feb. 14, 1889; (3) in Maine-American Journal Social Science, 14, 118; (4) in Vermont-Popular Science Monthly, 25, 47; (a) Constitutional prohibition would not be supported by many good citizens-Professor J. B. Thayer, Cambridge Tribune, March 9,1889; American Journal Social Science, 14, 90; (b) it would be an unwarranted interference with personal liberty-Forum, 3, 152; New Englander...
...plan of work is to collect and publish from time to time material relating to dialects. This material will be collected by the executive committee working through its assistants located in different parts of the country. To accomplish this successfully the circular sent out by the committee says: "It is desired to interest a larger number of persons, so as to investigate the natural and unstudied speech of the people in many different localities. School teachers and clergymen in somewhat isolated communities. or students during their vacation, are in an especially favorable position to render valuable assistance to the work...
...when the want of additional means for electrical study is beginning strongly to be felt; and the formation of an Electric Club has thus come at a must opportune time If the members of the club are earnest, as we believe them to be, they can hardly fail to accomplish their objects-partially at any rate. Their purposes are in a way co-operative,- to help each other in the study of the subject in which they all have a common interest. They hope also to bring before the University the need of better appliances in the electrical department...