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However much the university may grow, the north-east corner of Holmes field is safe from any encroachment for building purposes. Every one has noticed the muddy character of the soil there, but probably few have known the reason of it. That corner of the ground is, in fact, a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 2/26/1883 | See Source »

An excellent work, begun nearly a year ago by the late Rev. George MeKean Folsom, and taken up on his death by Francis H. Brown, M. D., of Boston, has just been completed for the class of 1857 in Harvard College. It is a report of that class, prepared for...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/26/1883 | See Source »

The starting line shall be moved down from the present starting line the distance of sixty (60) feet toward the finish line, and shall be at right angles to the central line of buoys. Each boat shall be provided with a metal staff or rod eighteen (18) inches high, carrying...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE-HARVARD. | 2/26/1883 | See Source »

Just before the close of the exhibition of the Rice fire escape, a slight accident occurred. As one of the students was sliding down the escape, and when he had almost reached the ground, the rope broke, causing him to fall a short distance. No injury was done except to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 2/24/1883 | See Source »

Dr. Peabody followed: "There were less snobbishness and conceit in Harvard men," he claimed, "than in men from other colleges, because the poor students were never looked down upon at Harvard."

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW YORK HARVARD CLUB. | 2/24/1883 | See Source »