Word: correspond
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fastened to the parts beneath by a layer of connective tissue, which contains scattered through its meshes, in most parts of the body, varying amounts of fat. The hairs and the nails are growths of the epidermis; the lines which you may see on the nails correspond to the elevations on the skin below over which the nail is moulded. The hairs do not project down the skin at a right angle to its surface, but are placed obliquely, so that they incline towards the body...
...Wendell. Huddleston, Merriam, Phillips, Smith and Vogel represented '86; F. S. Coolidge, Furber, Peabody, '87; Garrison, Lund, Thayer, '88, and Houghton, '86, and Adams, '88, the college at large. Coolidge, '87, was elected clerk of the conference. Mr. Merriam presented the report of the special committee appointed to correspond with other colleges on marking systems. The report embraced twenty two colleges. A general discussion ensued of the various systems, the tendency being to favor a system of ranking by general classes. The great objection to such a plan was shown to be in the award of scholarships. A resolution expressive...
...coming meeting of the Conference Committee on Wednesday suggests the marking system. The report of the special committee, appointed to correspond with other colleges on marking systems, will be made at this meeting and will embrace information from about twenty colleges. The work of this committee will be accomplished when a concise report containing an abstract of this information shall have been submitted: It then remains for the conference to discuss various plans. Discussion is necessary; no result can be reached without it. We all earnestly hope, however, that discussion on this question will crystallize into some suggestion of destruction...
...offices were filled as follows: vice-president, W. Austin, '87; secretary-treasurer, W. Oakes, '87; executive officer, F. S. Palmer, '87; senior director, J. A. Frye, '86; junior director, F. S. Meade, '87; sophomore director, M. H. Clyde, '88. On motion of Mr. Meade, the secretary was instructed to correspond with the Yale Gun Club in regard to a match. After passing a vote of thanks to the retiring president and secretary, the meeting adjourned...
During the winter the question of extending the library hours from five, till, say, nine in the evening, was considerably agitated by the students. What actually happened was a shortening of the hours to correspond with the shortening of the days, the obvious reason being to save the cost of lighting the building. Now that the days have grown longer, such a reason for closing early cannot exist. Would it not be well to keep the library open every day until, at least, sunset ? The reasons for doing so are many and good, and are perfectly obvious. It will...