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...educational facilities. Mr. Bridge had once before made the city of Cambridge his debtor by presenting it with a statue of John Bridge, the Puritan scholar, which stands on the Common, and now he must be thanked on behalf of the University for this last gift. The oldest document on the college reads as follows : "New England's first fruits in respect to the College of Cambridge in Massachusetts Bay," and is a long discourse on the first struggles and act of organization of our University. This document was written in 1642, and states that the first class...
...desiring to sign must take the trouble upon himself to go to the office, we still hope that it will receive the signature of every man who is opposed to the resolutions. Nothing can be accomplished without a little personal inconvenience, and every name adds strength to such a document. Let no one neglect to express his opinion on this matter...
...regretted that the document is dated twenty-six years ahead, which gives rise to a degree of uncertainty as to the ultimate establishment of the prize. The influence of such a prize would doubtless be very beneficial. Its value ($400, or $500.) would make it an object worth striving for, aside from the honor of winning such a prize, Every student who excelled in a single one of the seven points would have reason to become a candidate, and would be led to do the best he could in the other six branches. The tendency of this competition would...
...embraced by party lines. If belonging to the party in power, it is considered essential that he should cast his vote on all party questions, and in order to do this he must be present in person. In this he is assisted by what is called the "whip" document, sent to him every morning by the leaders of his party, who act as ministers, in which a programme of the business of the day is published, and from the heading of this paper, which is underscored either once, twice, three or four times, he is able to judge...
...Brown student who was searching, a few days ago, for a missing piece of property in the dismantled interior of University Hall noticed among the ruins of the chimney an old document of singular appearance, which curiosity led him to examine closely. It is a deed to six and a half acres of land, called the Black Fields, in Miteham, Sussex, England, and is dated Lady Day, March, 1651. Brown University was founded in Sussex, England, and subsequently removed to Rhode Island, and it is thought possible that the ancient parchment which has just been brought to light...