Word: offing
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Dates: during 1900-1900
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The University Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs will give a concert this evening in Sanders Theatre at 8 o'clock. This concert will be open only to members of the University and to their friends. A block of seats have been reserved for the friends of the men on the...
Dr. William Everett '59, head-master of Adams Academy at Quincy, will be the orator of the Phi Beta Kappa this year, and Mr. Clinton Scollard will be the poet. For a short time after graduation Dr. Everett held a position as assistant professor here, but later he entered into...
Mr. Scollard was graduated from Hamilton College in 1881. Ten years later he became professor of rhetoric there, and two years after received the appointment to the chair of English literature, a position which he has lately given up, with the intention of devoting all his time to writing. Mr...
Since September the collections at the Gray Herbarium have been increased to the extent of several thousand specimens from various parts of the world. Among the acquisitions is a collection of Central American plants, 875 in number, presented by Captain J. Donnell Smith of Baltimore. Another, consisting of some 900...
The staff is giving considerable attention to completing the Synoptical Flora of North America, begun by Dr. Gray, and now being edited by Professor Benjamin L. Robinson. The usual amount of research work is in progress. Among those engaged in it are Professor Piper, of the Washington Agricultural College, and...