Word: containment
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...seventh volume is lamentably weak in verse. The February number does not contain a line of poetry. While we regret the absence of verse, we accept it as evidence that the Monthly intends to keep its standard high and to reject contributions which are not worthy of publication...
...March number of the Collegian will contain a series of letters from editors of college papers on the topic, "Chapel Attendance: Voluntary or Compulsory?" It will also contain a Paris letter by Hesseltine...
...names are among the most celebrated Latin scholars in our American colleges. This series will be made up of the Latin authors usually read in colleges, and will include, for the use of advanced scholars portions of those authors which have been omitted in former editions. Each edition will contain an essay on the special characteristics of the author's style, followed by a full commentary and index. Among the numbers now in process of publication and soon to appear are the following...
...annual reports of the president and officers of Harvard University just issued contain many facts of marked interest. The year 1887-88 was unusually successful, both intellectually and financially. The increase in students was 124, and was divided mainly among the college, the graduate department, and the law school. The veterinary school is the only department of the university which ended the year with a deficit...
During the past year the Observatory has been very active, and has had particular success in its photometric and photographic work. The President emphasizes the need of a fire-proof building to contain the unpublished records of observations and the library...