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...also, to have two proctors stand behind you and converse in tones so exquisitely modulated that you catch just half their conversation. But, great as these annoyances are, there is one other in comparison with which they sink into insignificance. It has frequently happened that as soon as a number of men had finished their papers, the books were seized by some proctor, who, after reading until he came to a passage that seemed to him ridiculous, would call a fellow-proctor to enjoy the laugh with him. Now, examination-books are written for instructors; proctors have no right...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/23/1877 | See Source »

...them, to even worse quarters in the boat-house. As the flags recall victories which have been won, and suggest others to be won, there could be found no more appropriate place for them than the one in which they would be seen so often by so large a number of students. And as the flags would be an ornament, even to Memorial Hall, we hope that the Directors will take some measures to have them once more unrolled...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/23/1877 | See Source »

...Directors of the Reading-Room have been laboring with commendable zeal, and with some success, to free the Association from a large gas debt. Many magazines which could be seen in the Library have been dropped from the lists, and the number of magazines now to be found in the Reading-Room is less than ten. We could wish that even these be discontinued, for they are all to be had in the Library, where they are much more likely to be sought for. While the Reading-Room supplies no need in the way of magazines, it does supply...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/23/1877 | See Source »

...printed, containing the more important works received from December, 1875, to March, 1876. It is the intention of the Librarian to have a similar bulletin printed every three months. The question having arisen whether the bulletins should be distributed among students, it has been decided that if a sufficient number leave their names at the Library as desiring copies, an extra number will be printed for their accommodation, to be distributed free or at a very small price. The first bulletin contains many valuable and interesting works, for the most part foreign, and will be of importance to all those...

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...subscriptions will be payable on taking the next number of the Crimson...

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