Word: difficult
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...President's statements, "that in such a system students will neglect the more difficult subjects and select studies requiring less mental application, which are for this reason of less value in discipline," appeared to be contrary to our experience at Harvard, and investigation has shown this to be true...
...fear, before all the buildings have fire-escapes, before there are plank walks in the Yard, and until there is some way of getting to Boston in less than half an hour. Unless open fires and stoves were entirely done away with, - which is not proposed, - it is difficult to see how the risk of fire would be materially diminished...
...Corporation has been much blamed for not having the buildings insured. If this is not done, we may be sure that it is because, in the judgment of the gentlemen who have so successfully managed the property of the University during the difficult period through which we have just passed, the risk is less than would warrant the annual payment of a very large aggregate premium for insurance. That there is a chronic want of money for improvements, and even for necessary expenses, is not the fault of those who manage the finances of the College, but because too little...
...success as the disabilities which the Faculty have put the club under allowed. Musically their success could scarcely have been greater; and the criticisms in the New York papers especially complimented them on the careful practice and training shown in their glees, some of which were very much more difficult music than they have usually attempted. The Faculty forbade any manner of advertising of the concert, and would not even permit items to be inserted in the papers, mentioning the date of the performance. Many who would have been glad to go knew nothing of the concert until the next...