Word: desideratum
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...world, any arrangement which exhibits such confidence in the students, and places such privileges in their hands, ought to succeed. The need of co-operation and a better understanding between faculty and students has long been felt in our colleges, and this new scheme certainly appears to supply the desideratum. May the perfect success of the new departure reward Harvard's progressive spirit, and the consideration which she shows her students by imposing such responsibilities upon them...
...that some means will be taken to have the library arranged next year to enable men to read there during the evening. Hitherto it has been merely a question of finding some means to light the library safely. With the recent improvements in electric lighting it seems that the desideratum can readily be supplied. The great advantages that would thus be afforded many will certainly compensate for any pecuniary expenditures...