Word: surrounded
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Eliot, President Charles T. Thwing, of Adelbert College, ex Governor Clafin, president of the Corporation of Brown University. All of these have taken strong ground in favor of the scholarship plan, and the weight of opinion certainly seems to be on that side. After detailing the many difficulties which surround the establishment of a new college, President Thwing went on to show why an established university, such as Harvard, where in every department the courses offered are many and rich, and systematized by the experience of generations of teachers, where there is an admirable equipment in everything essential to university...
...inclined to believe that they favor a dual league with Harvard. If they do, and also favor purity in athletics they will undoubtedly accept Harvard's proposition. We believe that such a step would greatly benefit the colleges and satisfactorily solve the doubts and difficulties that now surround the positions of both...