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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...hope that the projected formation of a Drum Corps to assist the drill squads in their work, will commend itself to enough men to insure its success. An individual drummer or two can be of use now, to lead the different squads at each hour of drill, and accustom the men to keeping regular time in going through the manoeuvres. When the companies are permanently organized and battalion drill begun on Soldiers Field, not only will an efficient drum corps be an absolute necessity, but the College Band will be expected to proffer its services...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/2/1898 | See Source »

...members of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences of Harvard University, heartily commend and support you in your efforts to maintain peace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Faculty Letter to President McKinley. | 4/6/1898 | See Source »

...wish most heartily to commend the action of the Sophomore debaters in calling a meeting to organize a class club. This action is the first step toward arousing a more general interest in debating, and if the course be persevered in, we feel convinced, as we have said several times before, that it will ultimately prove successful...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/30/1897 | See Source »

...most heartily commend any movement which will give us a University Club, and that at the earliest possible moment. What better time or means of making a start than by a mass meeting upon the arrival and under the leadership of our esteemed friend, Mr. Lehmann...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication. | 10/22/1897 | See Source »

...very glad to publish today's communication on the subject of the University Club, and especially commend that portion of it which urges a vigorous expression of undergraduate opinion. We repeat our belief that undergraduate sentiment once aroused from its too habitual lethargy, will emphatically favor the plan. As the writer of the communication says, once that opinion is forcibly expressed, the graduates will be quick to take the mafter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/16/1897 | See Source »

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