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...Clark has already selected the site for the new university, and has decided in a general way, about the plan of the buildings. The lot selected is a square of about eight acres, at the South End, about 11-4 miles from city Hall. It is bounded by May, Maywood, Woodland and Downing streets. The design is to have the principal building, about 500 feet long, at the rear of the lot, near Woodland street, leaving room for a campus gently sloping toward Main street. - Boston Daily Advertiser...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A New University. | 1/19/1887 | See Source »

...following are a few individual faults: Stroke. Should be careful not to settle at the end of the stroke, as this combined with a rather perceptible hang makes it difficult for him to come right forward. Apt to hunch up his shoulders, especially the left, and fails to keep a good hold with his outside hand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Freshman Crew. | 1/19/1887 | See Source »

Owing to to the arrangement with the publisher 500 copies must be guaranteed him before the end of the month so that instead of putting the book on sale the method of personal subscription must be resorted to and it is hoped that all members of the college who possibly can will offer their names when called on. This work of subscription has been put into the hands of a committee and subscriptions may be left with E. C. Pfiffer, 10 Stoughton hall, editors of the Harvard Advocate, Amee Bros., Chas. W. Sever, or Leavitt & Pierce...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Verses from the Harvard Advocate. | 1/13/1887 | See Source »

...inevitable result of carelessness in eating and drinking shown. Such rules for improving the memory are then useless we think. Yet the book has many valuable suggestions in it, anyone of which would do one good. A chapter on the use of Narcotics is an example. Towards the end of the book the suggestions for remembering names would be practically valuable. If on introduction the name were carefully repeated aloud, there would be no difficulty in remembering it. Also the chapter on "How to Learn a New Language," might really benefit a student if he observed its rules...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOKS. | 1/11/1887 | See Source »

...complaint made that a senior is unable to secure a certain room which he desires for Class-day revives a discussion which each year sees renewed. In the present case, while we cannot encourage so aggressive a method of reaching the desired end, we see an example of what without doubt is now causing more trouble than may appear. The day has been invariably marked ??? general courtesy upon the part of the underclassmen, and we are loth to think that in any case, tact and gentle-manly courtesy will not procure what is desired. The matter, however, in each case...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/10/1887 | See Source »