Word: complimented
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fact that a member of '86 has prepared a paper on the doctrine of laisser faire, at the request of the Honorable James Bryce, M. P. to be read before the English House of Lords, is a gratifying compliment to our department of Political Economy. It marks a recognition of Harvard's position in this new science. It also points out emphatically the new field which Harvard and other colleges are making attractive to young men. Many political questions must arise for decision in the next few decades. The journalists and the politicians who have had the advantages...
...adjourned meeting of the board of overseers of Harvard College was held yesterday forenoon at 70 Water street, Hon. William Russell presiding. It was voted to recommend to the corporation that no honorary degree shall be conferred as a compliment to mere official positions. It was also voted to concur with the president and fellows in the following statute: Persons who are not candidates for a degree may be admitted to any of the courses of instruction in the university, provided that they satisfy the appropriate faculty of their fitness to pursue the particular courses which they elect. The several...
...college and freshman Glee Clubs, Pierian Sodality, and Brass Band will give a combined concert in the yard this evening, in compliment to our visitors from Princeton. Seats will be provided for ladies...
...Irving began by saying, "I am deeply sensible of the compliment paid me, not so much for myself as for the profession which I represent. In inviting me here to address you, you intend to recognize the influence of the drama as a factor in education. I trust that you have no prejudice against the stage, else I should not be here to-night. There are persons not a hundred miles from here who have never been to a theatre, but have no objections to see a play in a museum, especially if the vestibule be ornamented by statues, stuffed...
Prof. Edward J. Phelps, who has just been appointed minister to England, to succeed James Russell Lowell, was enthusiastically serenaded by Yale students Saturday night. Prof. Phelps appeared and thanked the students for the compliment they had paid him, after which a hugh bonfire was kindled on the campus...