Word: containment
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Probably few students appreciate the true value of the collection of books in Gore Hall. It is without doubt the first college library in the country, and is better than many of the public libraries. It does not contain a great many duplicate copies of the commoner books, but it makes up for this in the rarity of others. The most valuable collection of rare books ever given to library is that of Charles Sumner, who left all his books, in themselves a library, to the college. Many of his books are of interest on account of their former owners...
...Grenough, Professor J. W. White and Professor F. D. Allen. The contributors will be, for the most part, instructors in the university, or graduates of the same, but contributions of other scholars will not be absolutely excluded. The first volume will be issued some time this month and will contain about two hundred pages. The contents of the first number will be as follows: The Fauces of the Roman House, by James B. Greenough. De Ignis Eliciendi Modus apvd Antiqvos, scripsit Morris H. Morgan. On the Origin of the Construction of me with the Subjunctive and the Future Indicative...
...customary the first pages of the Index contain the various social and literary organizations. The papers, the departmental clubs, the religious societies, the literary societies, the social clubs, the musical organizations, the school clubs, the state clubs, etc.- all are arranged most systematically, each by itself. In the list of class secretaries a change has been made. In the last Index when the secretary of a class was not known, it was so designated; this year, not only is the fact designated, but the name of some prominent member of the class is added...
...coming generation will see many changes. Newspapers will contain more important news than they do at present. Health is the object of ou education, a healthy mind, a healthy body, a healthy moral sentiment; and athletics should be a means to attain this...
...committee has been chosen from the junior and sophomore classes at Amherst to prepare an Amberst song book. It is intended to contain the best of the distinctive Amherst songs and to add others with the assistance of the alumni and undergraduates Prizes are to be offered for the best original productions...