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...were confirmed: Dudley A. Sargent, M. D., assistant professor of physical training and director of the Hemenway Gymnasium; Charles Sprague Sargent, A. B., Arnold professor of arboriculture; Luther Dimmick Shepard, D. M. D., professor of operative dentistry; George H. Howison, lecturer on ethics in the Divinity School for the current academic year; Harry Blake Hodges, instructor in chemistry and German for the current academic year; William Cranston Lawton, A. B., Henry Gilman Nichols, A. B., Edward Emerson Phillips, A. B., as proctors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 10/10/1879 | See Source »

...last meeting of the Board of Overseers the new system of Honors and Honorable Mention was referred to a committee of three. The Hon. Hugh McCulloch was appointed Lecturer on Political Economy for the rest of the current year. It is understood that this appointment is the beginning of a system of University Lectures. The expenses are to be paid by outside subscriptions, but the lectures are to be given under the direction of the College...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 4/18/1879 | See Source »

...CLAIM of mine, duly filed in the current month of February for a deduction on account of ten days' absence, was disallowed by the Auditor, on the ground that no complete week as recognized by the Dining Association had been included therein. The rule of the Association on which the Auditor's action was based, seemed manifestly so opposed to common sense, that I petitioned the Directors to be exempted from its provisions. At their meeting on Wednesday the Directors acknowledged the unfairness of the rule by rescinding it. Other petitions for deduction for the same reason as mine came...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 4/18/1879 | See Source »

SENIOR.[The writer of this letter has made a mistake in the use of the word "current." If he will turn to Worcester's Dictionary he will find that "current" means "now actually passing," and consequently it is incorrect when writing in April to speak of the "current month of February." His petition to the Directors reads as follows: "A claim of mine, made in the current month, for deduction on account of absence from February 14 to February 24, is disallowed, etc." The Directors naturally supposed that he had not handed in his petition until April, and so very...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 4/18/1879 | See Source »

...RUMOR is current among the members of the Law School that their crew has a sure thing on the Class Races. Pht, keep it dark...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 4/1/1879 | See Source »