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Professor Bryce admires the Harvard yard and the Yale campus. "At Harvard and Yale the brick dormitories and class-rooms are scattered over a wide extent of well-kept lawn; ancient elms planted in every corner lend an additional pleasing effect to the whole.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Bryce on American Universities. | 1/7/1889 | See Source »

The New York concert given before the students had become wearied by constant travelling was far superior to that given in Cambridge two evenings previous, and, in the opinion of many, the best given in the metropolis by a college organization for many years. The audience was enthusiastic from the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The First Christmas Tour of the Glee and Banjo Clubs. | 1/3/1889 | See Source »

Mr. Warner, L. S. spoke first on the negative. Nobody supports the spoils syste; it is felt to be bad, but how shall the difficulty be met? The question under consideration is as pleasing to the ordinary young man as the smile of his best girl. How well "efficient officials...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Union Debate. | 12/6/1888 | See Source »

In "A Stolen Visit to a Fishing Camp," Mr. Duncan has given a pleasing account of an Exeter escapade. The style is clear and straightforward, and the treatment good. The absence of a distinct head detracts, perhaps a little from the effectiveness of the tale; yet artistic touches here and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Advocate. | 11/22/1888 | See Source »

The second of Prof. Toy's course of four lectures on Moslem Civilization, occurs this evening in Upper Boylston. To those who are at all interested in the basis of our own civilization these lectures cannot fail to be attractive. Not only is the subject a most interesting and instructive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prof. Toy's Lecture on Moslem Civilization This Evening. | 11/13/1888 | See Source »

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