Word: risk
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Dates: during 1880-1880
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...short, the representation will follow the antique tradition where possible; but it is not intended, in any case, to strain a point and run the risk of being ridiculous. Thus, there will be no attempt to make the theatre seem open to the sky, and no masks will be worn. It is well established that the object of the mask was to make the features of the actors seem distinct to those who sat in the furthest part of the immense theatres, and also to help the adjustment of the mouth-piece, which was necessary to give sufficient distinctness...
...found necessary last year to place the electives in thirteen groups. We suggest that the order and dates of the examination groups be definitively settled and announced with the elective pamphlet. If then a man has three or more examinations running, it will be at his own risk. This is, it is true, a still further limitation of the elective system, but it is a necessary consequence of the grouping system. We wish that the number of groups might be extended to fifteen, in order to avoid, if possible, grouping together such courses as Political Economy 3, Spanish 3, Fine...
...Everything deposited in the boxes will be at the risk of the Lessee...
...SUGGESTION has been made that the college buildings should be heated by steam, in order to diminish the risk of fire, and so make it possible to insure them at less expense than can now be done, and in order to heat rooms that cannot now be heated, and the entries as well. Could steam be introduced simply for the purpose of raising the temperature in very cold rooms, or in case one's fire goes out, it would be well enough; but on grounds of health alone, not to mention the cheerfulness and comfort that an open fire affords...
...been much blamed for not having the buildings insured. If this is not done, we may be sure that it is because, in the judgment of the gentlemen who have so successfully managed the property of the University during the difficult period through which we have just passed, the risk is less than would warrant the annual payment of a very large aggregate premium for insurance. That there is a chronic want of money for improvements, and even for necessary expenses, is not the fault of those who manage the finances of the College, but because too little has been...