Word: predecessor
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Faunce is a man of no less distinction than his able predecessor. He is perhaps the leading Baptist clergyman in the east, and is minister of a large church in New York City. In addition to his standing in the church, Dr. Faunce's reputation for broad culture and practical executive ability has been such that he has several times been considered as a likely choice for president of Brown University. This is Dr. Faunce's first term as University preacher, and Dr. Peabody deserves warm thanks for having secured the services of a man of such distinction...
...College nine, Cozzens pitched five innings and had the 'Varsity batters at his mercy. Gregory then went into the box and though a few hits were made off him, he did almost as well as his predecessor...
...simple country houses of Pliny and the somewhat more elaborate villas of Cicero would form a not unfitting background to the life of today. In the Italian villa we find brought into subjection the main ideas and features of its Roman predecessor. On the borders of Lake Como we find the best examples of these houses. Here the blue waters of the lake contrast strongly with the pure white country houses with which the lake is bordered. Art and nature seem to have combined to make a paradise. During the Renaissance the art of building was continually changing, largely owing...
...assertion that the word "College" as applied to a single building in the early records, was a dialectal use which sprang up in America. He quotes two items from an old inventory of the college property, dated twenty years after the founding. They refer to "the old college," the predecessor of the present Harvard Hall, and to "Goffe's colledge," each of which was equipped with a hall and kitchen in addition to the studies and bedrooms. This he points out as showing a certain adherence to the English custom, rendered very natural from the fact that so many...
...showed less grasp of the subject, and a tendency to talk on points which would appeal to the audience rather than to the judges. He was some what stiff and hesitating in his delivery, but had a quiet sarcasm that told for his side. He said that his predecessor had based his argument on three assumptions, all of which were questionable. First, he assumed that combinations of employers had done harm to laborers, yet they had not at all. It was only through such combinations that great capitalistic projects could be realized. This large employment of capital made increased demand...