Word: holds
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...executive committee of the Free Wool Club met last evening and laid plans for the coming winter. It was decided to hold regular meetings once a month, the first to come the second week in November. Efforts will be made to secure ex-President Cleveland and other prominent men to address the club on the reform of the tariff and kindred subjects. The club begins the year in a flourishing condition with about seventy-five members and promises to take a prominent place among the numerous similar societies in college...
...death of Charles Haven Goodwin son of Professor Goodwin, in the early part of last July was a sad blow to all who knew him. Though his extremely retiring disposition prevented his forming a large circle of acquaintances, yet his few friends seemed to hold for him in no ordinary degree a deep respect and love. As a scholar he ranked among the the first of his class, and his breadth of character, strengthened and nourished by travel, was a marked feature in his life. He always took an active interest in all college affairs, but especially in those...
...members of the committee which has charge of the erection of the new gymnasium at Yale have been so widely scattered during the summer that they have been unable to hold a meeting, and in consequence but little work has been done. The $150,000 required for the erection is secured, but there yet remains $20,000 to be pledged. The committee will, however, meet in New York in a few days to select plans for the gymnasium, and it is hoped by the students that ground will be broken before winter sets...
...secretary and treasurer. Messrs. Nichols, Walker and Flint were nominated for treasurer and A. B. Nichols elected. H. R. Bishop was again chosen captain of the crew, and F. R. Bowman was made captain of the nine. John Bass was reelected captain of the eleven. It was decided to hold a Junior class dinner, and the president was empowered to appoint a dinner committee. At the close of the meeting Captain Cumnock after a short talk presented the set of foot ball rules which follow. They were applauded and unanimously adopted...
...botany. This has been fitted with apparatus mainly imported from Europe, and is considered the best fitted laboratory for women in the country. Especially does it offer superior opportunities for advanced courses in botany. The advantages offered in this department are for three classes of students. Those who hold first degrees from Barnard and other colleges, and desire to work for a higher degree, making a special study of botany; those who wish to study some one branch of botany, without reference to a degree; and, finally, undergraduates...