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...they were appreciated, not only by the students, but also by those living in Cambridge. There is no means by which general education in music can be better spread, or love for it more carefully nurtured among men too busy to devote much time to it, than by the cheap concerts which are so high in point of excellence. It is claimed that they have a tendency to crowd out all other local music on account of their exceedingly low price, and if this be the case, it would certainly be a matter of regret to all, but really there...
...should it not revert to its old uses as a dormitory? The upper stories could readily be fitted up again into rooms that would certainly be on a par with the rooms in Hollis and Stoughton, that are now in such active demand. A number of good cheap rooms could thus be added to the capacities of the college, to the great appreciation of large numbers of students who are now shut out of college buildings and thrown upon the tender mercies of Cambridge lodging-house keepers. There is a great need, too, of cheap rooms, for the tendency...
...palled appetites of the languid habitues of Memorial, a general tender of thanks would be unanimously offered. And, too, in regard to dessert, we are now having the same old "stuff" that nobody has eaten for ten years. Why can't we have strawberries oftener, for instance? They are cheap, very cheap, but Memorial has not yet had them on the regular bill of fare. And for lunch, too, we still have hash and beans and archaeological pies, with "weggy-table" soup, instead of some palatable little dishes that will revive the exhausted man after a stiff three-hour annual...
...England and almost did away with the original lecture system at Oxford. About this time, the revival of classical learning drove out the study of Commercial Law, though lectures were still given on these subjects. The invention of printing also gave an impetus to learning, through the study of cheap books instead of valuable manuscripts. Little by little, the university lecturers made way for the "fellows," and these have, in their turn, made way for the present tutors of Oxford and Cambridge...
...time (the college dormitories being full) comfortable apartments for many of the students who are gathering there are not to be obtained within a convenient distance from the recitation and lecture rooms at any price. The lodging houses in which rooms can be obtained at all are in general cheap wooden structures of ancient date, low studded, small and dingy; and yet the rent of a fifteen-foot room in one of these structures is often as much as a whole house of similar pattern would let for anywhere else in the suburbs...