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...meeting of the committee of fifty in the directors' room of Memorial Hall yesterday afternoon, about thirty were present. The situation was thoroughly discussed, and the general opinion seemed to be that energetic measures should be taken at once. There are thirteen boarders in the hall who have not previously been there this year. Two hundred and ninety-four of the present boarders have signed to remain with the hall, and more will soon do so. The hall has now about three hundred and thirty men. The following resolution was adopted...
...present today a complete and authentic account of the successful establishment of the School of Classical Studies at Athens. The institution is surely destined to play a prominent part in the learned world; it is intimately associated with Harvard, which is universally acknowledged to possess one of the finest Greek departments of any university, and where, perhaps, the tendencies are more inclined to the traditional English partiality for the classics than any other college in America...
...Varsity, but amid all these devotees to aquatic sports there appear no single scullers. When we remember Harvard's former glory in this respect, and the honors gained by her representatives abroad, as well as the well-contested victories in exciting local races, we feel that there exists at present a lamentable lack of interest in this kind of sport previously so popular and commendable. With '79 and '80 our former champions left college, and since their departure no sufficient revival of interest has taken place to bring out new representatives who will sustain Harvard's former prestige and note...
...almost impossible to secure one hundred boarders before that time, whereas, if they had assigned a later date, permitting men to return after the spring vacation, all might go well yet. There are many students who intend to return to Memorial after the recess, but they cannot leave their present boarding-house at such short notice as is made necessary by the board of directors. There is another class of men who would return merely for the sake of saving the association from failure, provided that they could commence with the beginning of the next term, but they are hampered...
...Republican State convention, held at Providence yesterday, the present State officers were renominated by acclamation...