Word: commend
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...heartily commend the meeting in Sanders Theatre tonight to the attention of the students. It is certainly a cause which ought to find warm support from Harvard students...
DANTE PRIZE.Three essays for the Dante Prize for 1893 were handed in. The committee of the Dante Society on the awarding of the prize find no one of the essays worthy, in their judgment, of the Latham prize, which was the only one offered this year. They commend, nevertheless, the essays by "G. del Fabro" and "Thomas Alwood"- the one for the form in which the author has set forth his matter, the other for the evidences of research displayed...
...only give a personal opionion. Thus interest in the present is often crowded out by reverence for the past. Yet the present has its place even in study and any course or lecture on the present has its value. Mr. Copeland's lecture will cover neglected ground and we commend his efforts in this new line to all members of the University...
...wish to commend the work of the debating societies in the University to new comers. Last year the old Harvard Union was discouraged, and its successors are seen today in the New Harvard Union and the Wendell Phillips Club. The rivalry between the two will without doubt intensify the interest in debate, and we are heartily glad that it should. Harvard has made an excellent reputation for herself in debating in former years. We have met Yale four times, and have each time shown ourselves superior to her. Last year the two debates were decided by boards of distinguished judges...
...confusion incident to general reading rooms is then done away with. Several copies are generally provided when books are in great demand and these copies are never taken away. These libraries form excellent supplements to the larger library in Gore Hall and their usefulness will at once commend itself to the students if proper respect is paid to their privileges...