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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...hardly be deemed a fair criticism, for it was not in the province of the writer publicly to descend to personalities. That he has grounds for his complaints will certainly be admitted by many fair-minded men who are familiar with the history of college affairs during the past few years. It is to the credit of these college organizations, as the Crimson curiously enough admits, that they are what they profess to be, in spite of favoritism and toadyism, though some of them are only so more or less imperfectly. Instances are demanded; they have supplied themselves, and cannot...
...which we publish. For the sake of college athletics, for the sake of inter-collegiate feeling, this trouble is greatly to be deplored. And yet we feel that Harvard, under the circumstances, cannot longer afford to suffer all and be silent, as she has too often done in the past. Unfortunately this is not the first time that Harvard, and indeed other colleges, as our correspondent says, have felt the aggression of Yale methods and practices - practices too long upheld by the unfortunate traditions of that college. Harvard, we are assured, will take no action which can cause...
...Rhine yesterday reached the highest point attained during the past century...
...last few years to embellish Harvard University, both by private endowment and by co-operation among the classes which have graduated from the college. The Sanders Theatre, the Hemenway Gymnasium and the Memorial Hall, are all objects of interest to the visitor who is "doing" Cambridge. During the past summer an interesting feature has been added to Memorial Hall. The lack of interest in this shown by the public makes it evident that few are aware of the presence in this place of a very valuable and beautiful work of art. We speak of the memorial window erected by members...
...George Lyman Kittredge, A. B., and Herbert Morison Clarke, A. M. The president of the university presented the vote of the president and fellows appointing Oliver Wendell Holmes, M. D., LL. D., Emeritus Professor of Anatomy, in consideration of his many valuable services to the Medical School during the past thirty-five years. Referred to Messrs. Hodges, Lee and Wyman. The president and fellows presented an amended vote upon discipline as follows...