Word: firmly
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...would do more than any one thing to restore them to the place in College which they formerly held. At risk of repetition it must again be urged that Harvard is in serious danger of being cut out by others where she should strain every nerve to keep a firm foothold; and I believe that the above suggestions would do much, if put into practice, toward helping to establish a stronger representation from the central and western states. A WESTERN UNDERGRADUATE...
...Simon Peter:" -- About these two words are twined the suggestive memories of a wonderful life, a life full of stress and storm and change but firm and victorious in the end. There comes before one the picture of Simon, the Galilean fisherman, fickle and untrue, known among the sailors of the lake as a man in whom no sure confidence could be placed. Again there rises before one the scene on that day when Christ first met the humble fisherman and gave to the weak Simon the name of Peter,--that is to say at last the old fickleness...
...after three years of teaching, he spent two years in the Law School, and received his degree of A. M. He was then private secretary to Charles Summer '30 until he began practicing law in New York in 1868. Later he became junior partner of the law firm of Evarts, Choate & Beaman. In 1871 he published a book "The National and Private Alabama Claims and Their Final and Amicable Settlement," the material of which he gathered from Charles Sumner. President Grant the following year appointed him solicitor for the United States before the Geneva Arbitration Tribunal. Last April, Governor Roosevelt...
...Christian Association, with the assistance of graduates and undergraduates, has now placed the Harvard Free Library in East Cambridge on a firm basis. This district has been very much neglected up to this time, and it is hoped that with increasing donaticus, an establishment similar to the Prospect Union may be opened to the neighborhood that will offer instruction to parents as well as to children...
...offense, now that the veteran backs have again begun to play regularly, works with adequate smoothness and presents a firm interference, especially on end and tackle plays. The large number of substitute backs all work well together, and have no hesitation in their play. The number and excellence of these substitutes is one of the strong points of the team...