Word: former
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...fail to see how the article we reviewed was in any way in opposition to our editorial. The article only stated truthfully the position of Harvard which we, in that former editorial, said outsiders never took the trouble to understand. Morover, we also said concerning our withdrawal from the league, "the good results of it all are now evident in the thoroughly amateur and college-like game which is played this year...
...addition to the former beneficiary aids, the Holmes scholarships, one in each class in college, are set forth. These are filled by students from Waterbury, Wolcott, Prospect and Middlebury, Ct., who receive each the income of one thousand dollars a year. To the list of scholarships is added the fund of forty thousand dollars, from the estate of Thomas G. Waterman, Yale '86. The income is given by the faculty to not more than three scholars from the Junior or Senior Class, or from graduates of the department of not more than two years' standing, who give promise of achieving...
...University has two great wants-a substantial library fund and a new gymnasium. It is probable that the money will be applied to the former of the two. The present library consists of 40, 000 volumes. There is a good foundation for the department of American History and a fairly good working library has been obtained in the classics, science, philosophy and general undergraduate work, but the lack of means to keep abreast with the times is sadly felt. The annual income of the present fund is but a thousand dollars a year, which, when divided up among a score...
...former times it was possible to make a direct, vigorous complaint if things were not satisfactory, but now the duties of the officials are so strictly defined, that a man finds himself referred from one official to another until finally he often gives it all up in despair...
Harvard College has raised the sum promised by her for the excavations at Delphi, and not only she but also America stand ready with the promised sum to begin the work. But affairs have come to a standstill, owing to a change of ministry in Greece. The former minister was ready to help us in every way. but the new minister is opposed to him. not only politically but also personally. Whether he will allow us to begin the work and help us in it remains to be seen. Mean while negotiations are being opened with...