Word: approaching
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...study of the development of the college property. When Memorial Hall was built, Messrs. Ware and Van Brunt devised a scheme for an avenue from its southern transept nearly parallel with Quincy street, across the grounds to their southern boundary at Main street. This would have made a suitable approach to Memorial Hall from the city side, and a line of college buildings would have been well placed between it and Quincy street. Later, when Sever Hall was built, its architect Mr. H. H. Richardson, apparently prepared a larger space around that building than would have been afforded between this...
Much interest has been developed in debating during the past week as a result of the approach of the annual Yale debate. The preliminary debates within the literary societies were held last evening to choose eight men to contest in the final contest on Friday evening. From the Cliosophic Society, R. L. Beecher '98, M. Lowrie '98, W. M. Schultz '99, and A. Easton 1900, were chosen, and from the American Whig Society, H. H. Yocum '98, W. F. M. Combs '98, A. S. Weston '99, and S. McDermott '98. R. F. Sterling '97 will represent the graduate students...
...reason for this is that, though all graduates whom the committee has been able to approach have received the plan with distinct favor, many of them desire to know more of the particulars. It is also necessary that detailed information be sent to graduates in all parts of the country...
...Boston Athletic Association were held Saturday evening in Mechanics Hall. The chief interest of the meet was centered in the Harvard-Yale team race, won by Harvard in 3m. 11 2-5s., thereby creating a new indoor record for the distance. The only other team to approach this time was U. of P., who defeated Holy Cross...
Hitherto, at the approach of Senior class election, the political managers of the societies have arranged a caucus meeting in their respective houses, to pledge their senior members to support a certain slate. All participants in the caucus are considered in honor bound to vote for a man for that particular office for which he is slated, and for no other. This slate is generally labelled "Representative Ticket"; it does represent an immense amount of intersociety diplomacy, but at least two thirds of the class have had no voice in arranging it. The pledge supporters of the slate generally constitute...