Word: restricting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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ENGLISH 6.The next discussion will take place Thursday, April 16, and will be followed by another discussion in one week thereafter, Thursday, April 23. The subject April 16 will be: "Divorce Legislation." The subject for April 23 will be: "Chinese Immigration: are the efforts to restrict it in this country justifiable and expendient...
...freshman is allowed to take more than two courses in one department. In this connection the subject of required themes and forensics is touched upon, and reasons are given for the recent change in the system. It is also stated that the ultimate object of the faculty is to restrict the required theme writing to the sophomore year. From this point on, 20 pages are devoted to a sketch of the changes which have taken place in the college curriculum since 1823. From this it appears that the development of the elective system has been slowly going on ever since...
...sailing, hunting, jumping, and racing on foot, horseback, or bicycle, involve any bodily collision between contestants. Boxing and wrestling, which do require such personal collision, are very apt to degenerate as foot-ball has done. An ill effect of some of the inter-collegiate contests is their tendency to restrict the number of men in college who practice the competitive sports. The keenness of the competition creates a high standard of excellence, and persons who know that they cannot reach that standard cease to play. The athletic sports ought to cultivate moral as well as physical courage, fair dealing...
...proof of the tenacity with which the members of ancient corporations cling to existing institutions even in the face of reason. Public opinion in Germany is undoubtedly moving against this academic verdict. A book has just been published which shows that the opposition to such an artificial attempt to restrict the popular tendency is no longer confined to the interested party itself, but is shared even by a man whose well known impartiality and established position give to his views an unusual weight...
...near approach of the long summer vacation naturally brings up, among other things, the question of summer reading. Very few of us care to bind and restrict ourselves to any one prescribed course of reading during the summer, while at the same time we all acknowledge that something should be read. Of course, a large majority consider "History, Biography and Travel" far too heavy work for the warm weather, and turn naturally to the novel as the great staple of summer reading. But herein is the difficulty. Of course it is a very easy thing to read the latest...