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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...hereafter be given at eleven o'clock on Fridays. By the change of hour, Mr. James hopes to secure a larger attendance than there has hitherto been, especially as the lectures treat of the less technical part of the Natural History 2 of last year, which then proved so popular. It is only to be regretted that the lectures cannot be given in the Yard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/21/1879 | See Source »

...societies that no one wishes to see injured, or with the two smaller ones, of which the counterparts are to be found at Oxford as well. The former are essentially class societies, and, as such, will always be strong; the latter have a limited membership, confined to the most popular men in college; none of them would clash with a club like the Union...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE OXFORD UNION. II. | 11/21/1879 | See Source »

...thought would admire it, - but gives the newspapers an opportunity to slander the College as a whole, and creates a wide-spread prejudice against "Harvard immorality." In conclusion, I must remind '83 that stealing signs is getting almost as unfashionable as hazing, and will never help them to become popular with the other classes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: '83 AT THE "BLACK CROOK." | 11/7/1879 | See Source »

...sufficient number of subscription tickets are taken before November 15, there will be given in Sanders Theatre a series of five popular orchestral concerts. The orchestra will be the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra of forty members, Mr. Bernhard Listemann leader. This orchestra comprises some of the most eminent performers in the city, and Mr. Listemann has recently shown himself to be an able leader. Distinguished soloists will also participate. The programmes will consist of works and selections suited to all tastes. Season tickets can now be had at Sever's at $4. The price has been purposely placed within the reach...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/7/1879 | See Source »

...following is the subject for the next debate in English 6: "Resolved, that the popular judgment in politics is more correct than that of the educated classes." The speakers on the affirmative are Gardiner, Pew, and Hall, and on the negative, Allen, Tiffany, and Russell. Visitors are admitted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SNODKINS'S VISION. | 10/24/1879 | See Source »

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