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That so many stayed away was undoubtedly owing to the large price charged for the tickets, and many undoubtedly felt as if $3.25 for a dinner was rather beyond their means. It seems to me that in such a general affair as a class dinner, an attempt should be made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 3/7/1879 | See Source »

JUDGING from several newspaper articles, there seems to be a misunderstanding in regard to the proposed plan of private instruction for young women in Cambridge. The opinion prevails that a way has been found to admit women to Harvard College. Nothing of the kind has been done. Provisions have been...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/7/1879 | See Source »

IT has been objected to a general system of eleemosynary scholarships, that, under conditions which are found in America, it is impossible to make a fair selection of those who should be encouraged to compete for them. The reasons which prevent business men from confessing their want of success, in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SCHOLARSHIPS. | 2/21/1879 | See Source »

By the way, I met several of your men last summer, and was surprised to see them attempt to imitate us in dress and manners. Why is it, when most of the people in the States accuse us of being conservative snobs, that they come over here and copy these...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OURSELVES AS OTHERS SEE US. | 2/7/1879 | See Source »

Of the three essays, Mr. Patten's was by far the most satisfactory and best worth its reward.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BOWDOIN PRIZE DISSERTATIONS. | 2/7/1879 | See Source »