Word: detrimental
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...derived form the sacrifices of old members. We do not know for instance whether the statements of their accounts which they intend to publish are to be thorough and detailed: in the past there was a period of several years when those accounts were kept secret, to the great detriment of the Society. Again what opportunities will there be for the examination of complaints? The proposed trustees ask us to give up our property in order that it may be made more available: can they not tell us in detail how they mean to administer...
...team has once more become a unit. With this unity has come the former speed and precision which were so impressive in Pennsylvania game, and most encouraging of all, so careful has been the training that none of the numerous injured men now give evidence of any lasting detriment to their play...
...bear a larger proportion of this cost? There are colleges where the cost of tuition is almost nothing and yet they attract few students while neither the fees nor the costliness of living in Cambridge seems to deter students from flocking to Harvard. Can larger fees be paid without detriment to the true aims of the higher education...