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A an undergraduate, he took the liveliest interest in class and college affairs. He was President of the Board of Editors of the Crimson, and in that capacity instituted many improvements in the management of the paper. Shortly before his connection with the Crimson ceased, he was elected an editor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OBITUARY. | 3/21/1879 | See Source »

THE scholarship question was ably handled, and, as a practical question interesting to our University, conclusively settled by President Eliot in his reply to "T. W. H." in the Nation of March 6th. Yet one idea has protruded itself in the discussion of this question whose influence seems to me...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCHOLARSHIPS NOT CHARITIES. | 3/21/1879 | See Source »

It is not for the receivers of scholarships that I speak. I have no sympathy to waste on any one of those who considers the aid given him an alms, or its acceptance a humiliation. The President's words on this subject were well chosen and directly to the point...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCHOLARSHIPS NOT CHARITIES. | 3/21/1879 | See Source »

It has been a thesis which I have with the greatest gratification maintained against many ignorant or prejudiced attacks, that wealth, though an advantage, was no sure stepping-stone to favor at Harvard, and that a lack of it is no hindrance to preference and position. My observation has abundantly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCHOLARSHIPS NOT CHARITIES. | 3/21/1879 | See Source »

The last, and most interesting feature of the day, if we judge by the excitement and applause it produced, was the bout between Messrs. Burr and Guiteras. The first round of this event proved to be by far the best display of skill given during the afternoon, and at almost...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SECOND MEETING OF THE H. A. A. | 3/21/1879 | See Source »