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EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON.-The members of the Co-operative have joined the society with the distinct understanding that they were liable to an assessment, in case the society runs into debt. It was stated in the CRIMSON, the other day, that the objection to an assessment was, that it would take too long, and that, in the meanwhile, the society had no money to carry on its business with. Has not this objection been removed now ? About four hundred dollars have been subscribed. Why can not the society continue its business with this money while they are raising an assessment...
...collection. A condition of the gift is, that "there shall be secured, as soon as possible, for this condition and for the rest of the Divinity School library, a more adequate and safe place of keeping." The school thus stands in pressing need of a fireproof library building, distinct from Divinity Hall, yet connected with it by an easy passageway. The advantages of such a building would be threefold...
Messrs. Fenno, Watson and myself consented to serve as members of the committee on the distinct understanding that we should have full powers over all matters relating to the University races and crews...
...were distinguished in this field. But the study of the past does not blind this author to the demand of to day. The historical development of the last three centuries, he says, may be defined as a slow but steady progress toward the formation of a distinct modern culture, separating itself gradually from the ancient civilization out of which it grew. To day this modern society has reached its maturity. To Erasmus the ancients were models of living; even Goethe considered the Greeks as unattainable ideals of beauty and greatness. For us they are the objects of research and criticism...
...breaking these customs unless it is absolutely necessary. Tall hats or any absurd uniform, an old pair of trousers, a coat turned wrong side out, and anything else out of the ordinary run of costume present a very unique appearance which has always marked the Harvard procession as distinct from the rest of the parade. When one has seen company after company of men marching by with the regulation costume of all torchlight processions, it is a source of rest and comfort to have the monotony broken by a crowd of college, men dressed in every variety of costume. This...