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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...some of those who are eager for a change say that they ask it not as Episcopalians, but because amusements are suspended at the time when the vacation now comes. This is certainly a more sensible ground to put the request on than the other, but I very much doubt whether the object of the Faculty in giving us vacations is to provide us with amusement...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 3/7/1879 | See Source »

...last of three articles by a graduate on the subject of scholarships, in which he has favored a system of open scholarships. Since we received this third article a long letter from Mr. T. W. Higginson has appeared in the New York Nation, in which he takes the same ground. The arguments have been well stated, and it only remains for us to express our agreement with the views of these writers. They have certainly supported the side of the case which is taken by the great majority of undergraduates; in fact, we have not yet met a single...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/7/1879 | See Source »

...ground permits, the Executive Committee of the H. A. A. will probably put the track on Jarvis Field in condition for practice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR SPORTING COLUMN. | 3/7/1879 | See Source »

...Freshman I drew a middle entry ground-floor room facing the south, and, spite of the pitying accents and sympathetic glances of my friends, thought myself very well off. I was warned that there were two societies in the entry, but as one was aesthetic and the other anti-atheistic, I concluded I could stand it if they could. I did n't know the vast resources of the human mind when musical...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRIBULATIONS. | 1/24/1879 | See Source »

...annual report before the Board of Overseers President Eliot discusses very thoroughly the advantages of scholarships to the College, the recipients, and the public, and takes his usual ground in favor of the present system. He next speaks of the healthfulness of the College during the past year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT. | 1/10/1879 | See Source »

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