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...case in Massachusetts is too small to contain the fifty-four balls we have won the past two years, and those already in it, - about forty in all. This fact, and the requirement that the case shall be made of chestnut to match the wood-trimmings in the hall, make it necessary to order a new one. A case nine feet long, six feet high, background of black cotton velvet, wire rests for the balls, sliding doors of plate glass, and the inscription carved in the top, will cost $175, - with common glass in the doors...
...dimensions of the case may seem larger than is required; but allowance has been made for future additions, which we trust may never be wanting. Besides, it is intended to make the collection a complete one of the balls we have won by the University Nine since its organization in 1865. Second-hand balls will be purchased to take the places of those lost or not kept, fifty in all. These will be painted, and lettered with the name of the defeated club, score and date. The balls will cost $25, the painting, etc, of the balls now on hand...
...this last amount is raised by subscription in the four undergraduate classes, the nine will make up the extra amount for the plate glass. Only fifty cents in cash will be asked from each one who subscribes; and if each class gives at least $50, the inscription will be: H. U. B. B. C. Ex dono '78, '79, '80, '81. - 1878. If the subscriptions of any class fall below $50, its name will be omitted from the inscription, and no class will need to complain that it was not thoroughly canvassed...
...this. Gentlemen in squeaky boots patrolled the room; other gentlemen came in with parties of ladies, and all talked in hoarse whispers which echoed through the hall; men with arms full of books crossed and recrossed the room with heavy tread; proctors, accompanied by sisters and cousins, helped to make things hideous; the nymphs of the Library flitted about the alcoves overhead, and cast furtive glances down upon the busy bookworms. My head began to swim; the page grew blurred...
Sumner was a member of the Hasty-Pudding Club, and it was on his motion that the first catalogue of that club was prepared. When a Senator, it was his custom to make additions to the Pudding library. He and eight classmates formed themselves into a secret society, known to themselves as "The Nine," a title which has since been usurped. From the description of college life in one of Sumner's letters, it will be seen that time has not made many changes, save, perhaps, in the last particular quoted...