Word: equalizing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...observed a few days since in the freight-yard of the B. & A. R. R. branch in Cambridgeport. A freight-car bore a poster on which the figures '86 appeared in large characters as a heading, while below followed a pronunciamento beginning, "All men are created free and equal - except freshmen," and then giving a set of rules to govern the conduct of such, with decisive intimations as to what they must and must not do. On inquiry of the freight hands it was learned that the car came from Syracuse, N. Y., where there exists, we believe, an institution...
...church authorities for some time looking towards the establishment of a National Catholic University in the vicinity of New York city, have recently been made public. The design is large and comprehensive, and it is expected that the result will be the foundation of a sectarian university "that shall equal Yale and Harvard in equipments, finish and range of studies, while it shall surpass them in thoroughness and depth." Such is the project now under consideration. Its chief promoter, with, it is understood, the consent and encouragement of the Catholic hierarchy in the United States, is Bishop Spalding, of Peoria...
...least two days must be spent in travel for every game that is played. Besides this, bad weather may prevent a game, in which case two long, disagreeable journeys must be made. There is no argument which can be used for the retention of Dartmouth which could not with equal propriety be offered for the admission of Rutgers or Union. Harvard, at least, cares nothing about beating Dartmouth, and is not at all troubled by an occasional defeat...
...general scale of marks by the faculty for the four years each year has had more weight than the following year, i. e., the freshman year has counted more than the sophomore year, the sophmore more than the junior, and so on. Hereafter each year's work will have equal value in the calculation of the general scale...
...United States Supreme Court has decided that the section of the civil-rights act relating to conspiracy to deprive any person of equal protection of the laws, is unconstitutional on the ground that the law infringes upon the reserved rights of the States...