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...afternoon receptions at U. 5, which have always been a most pleasant feature of Harvard life, are becoming so popular that only a small number of those in attendance are able to meet and converse with the ever cordial host. Here certainly is need for reform. The lists at the office must be getting as long as the docket of the U. S. Supreme Court at Washington, and it is probable that soon the man with an invitation to U. 5 will have as much difficulty in getting advantage from it, as the poor plaintiff has in bringing his case...
...severe course of gymnasium exercise during the winter, and, in addition to this, at most of the colleges, facilities are afforded for practice, not only in fielding, but also in batting, so that when the men first take to out-door work they are already in excellent condition, and need but a few days' open-air practice to get well shaken together...
...Technology, the subject of electrical engineering forms, by itself, a complete course of higher study. There are many men in college who desire an extended knowledge of electricity and magnetism, and we hope that the elective pamphlet, now so near at hand, will contain some provision for this need...
...Bronson Howard lectures tonight in Sanders on "The Autobiography of a Play." Little need be said of a gentleman who is so well known as Mr. Howard. The lecture will, without doubt, well repay all who attend. This lecture is to be the first in a series given under the auspices of the Shakspere Club, which has as its object the furtherance of elocution and dramatic expression. The initial lecture is peculiarly apt, for while few Harvard students, perhaps, will actually grace the boards, it is not by any means improbable that many students will write for the stage. There...
...resolve of the Legislature which became a law February 6th, 1816, authority was given to sell the magazine at Charlestown, and to erect a larger one at Cambridge. This, it will be seen, was soon after the war of 1812, which had effectually shown the need of powder and suitable places in which to keep it. Captain's Island, as that part of the town of Cambridge was called, was chosen for the location of this new magazine, and the State immediately opened Magazine Street as a mode of access...