Word: offing
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The importance of the new admission requirements to Harvard College and the Scientific School may be illustrated by the fact that they were formulated only after three years of discussion by the Faculty. It is said of the new scheme that it must be carefully administered for several years, mainly...
The spirit of the elective system is well exemplified by the trend of work in the Graduate School where three quarters of the members study the languages and the moral sciences as against one-quarter who pursue mathematics and the physical and natural sciences. In the College the tendency seems...
In regard to the administration of scholarships and other aids for undergraduate and graduate students, the President and Fellows outline their position as follows: (1) "They should be really aids, and should not offer complete support; (2) they should not be used to detain in the shelter of the University...
President Eliot specifies the need of increased endowment for a new Dental School building, for providing a laboratory of comparative pathology at the Bussey Institute, for the running expenses of the Veterinary Hospital, and for the Herbarium and Botanic Garden. The Arnold Arboretum needs $1,000,000 for proper maintenance...
The rate of interest on funds invested together as a whole was 4.59 per cent. Repeated deficits in the account called University, College, Scientific School and Library, used for improvements in the public buildings, have reduced the fund from $197,000 in 1869, to $24,000. The total state of...