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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Holyoke ought surely to arouse the authorities to a sense of their responsibility. If such a fire should break out in the night-time in any of the college buildings, the disaster might include life as well as property. A number of these small fires have occurred during the past few years, but it would seem as if the lesson they teach would never be comprehended by the authorities. Are they relying on a system of chances, waiting until there is but one more chance left for a serious disaster, or will they never be convinced of their duty...
...Chapel was comfortably well filled last evening by those assembled to hear Mr. Justin Winsor's lecture on the "Function of a Library in a Community of Professional Students." Our libraries, said Mr. Winsor, are yet in a transition state, although a marked improvement has taken place in the past century. The people are beginning to realize the value of a library as a leading agent in the education of the masses, and the result is that the restrictions which marked its earlier stages have been to a great extent done away with. Although the collections of a few libraries...
...following table shows the condition of the department of political economy during the past decade...
...Leutz, instructor in the German department of Harvard, visited the college during the past month. - [Vassar Miscellany...
...little prospect of a change in the business management of the Co-operative Society for the coming fiscal year, except that more assistance will be obtained. The general business system will be improved, and delays in filling orders will be obviated to a greater extent than in the past. Also some changes for the better will be made in the list of affiliated tradesmen. The necessary condition for the realization of general improvement, however, is the hearty support of all connected with the university by their becoming members early after February 16th...