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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...patriotic citizen of the United States is to find a remedy, and the only remedy in our power is to see that every honest and intelligent vote possible is cast. Harvard men were not found wanting in patriotism in the war for the Union, and they should not be backward now, when the struggle is no less for the existence of that government against the corrupting influences which are striking to its foundation...
...last. While we still insist that the time made by the handicapped man was poor, we do not wish to convey the impression that he is not a proper man to train for the event. Yale records will hardly do as a standard of comparison, as Yale is notoriously backward in the way of field athletics. What we meant to imply was that as our prospects for the event are not particularly encouraging, it would be well for the association to train the best man in college for the polo grounds. To determine who is the best man in college...
Virgil is represented as a young man, beautiful, poetic and graceful in pose and face. He stands, his hand upon his hip, turned half away, his head slightly thrown backward. The artist has made the Latin poet to look behind him toward the great singer of Greece, as if asking for sympathy from the shadows of the past: a poetic conceit, but one which has been sadly thwarted by those in charge of placing the windows. According to Mr. Lafarge's design, the figures should turn slightly toward each other, the younger poet as if appealing to his great predecessor...
...should not be backward about furnishing candidates for the crew...
...order that the committee on elections may be able to choose a good list of candidates for the offices of the Dining Association, it is to be hoped that members will not be backward in sending in names. The next set of officers will necessarily have matters of unusual importance to deal with, as there is soon to be a change in the management of the hall; consequently great care should be exercised in making selections. We hope that the usual apathy attendant upon Memorial elections will disappear, and that all members will interest themselves both in sending in nominations...