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Smith College has the honor of having originated a unique style of entertainment, which takes place when the young ladies celebrate having finished the study of astronomy. It is known as the "Celestial Party." The floor of the hall which is to be the scene of the festivities is marked off into orbits, and numerous young ladies, handsomely and fancifully dressed to represent the planets, such as Ceres, Hygea, Astraca, Vesta, Ariadne, Flora and Terpsichore, revolve and rotate through these orbits around a young man dressed in flame-colored habiliments to represent the sun, who discourses to his satellites...
...meeting was held in Holden Chapel last night by the class of '85 to discuss the advisability of having a sophomore class dinner. It was voted that the president should appoint a committee of three to set the time, and place a book at Bartlett's to receive the signatures of those desiring to go. The committee appointed consists of Messrs. Atkinson, Norton and Carpenter...
...part of the partition in the auditor's room of Memorial Hall is now in place. It is made of ash to match the dado, with a top of black walnut. A gilded, open-work screen extending around the whole length will make the total height of the partition six and one-half feet...
...address of President Gilman before the Yale alumni at New York, on the "Idea of the American College," contains many valuable suggestions. President Gilman said: "The American college is an admirable place for the training of men. There are now three important factors at work in our colleges - increase of wealth, growth of modern sciences and the progress of religious freedom." This growth of modern science is shown, for instance, at Harvard by the fact that the needs of the department of Physics have increased so much as to be the cause of the erection of a new Physical Laboratory...
...provide food of good quality and well cooked; and with a capable and conscientious steward it would undoubtedly provide such food. Without exception, every student with whom I have talked about Memorial Hall has expressed a desire to have Mr. Balch removed and a competent man put in his place - a man who will give us food that we can eat. The repeated assertions of the directors, that they have full confidence in Mr. Balch, does not inspire the other boarders with confidence. The directors say that they know of no grounds on which to base Mr. Balch's dismissal...