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...year 1780 by Mr. Charles Angier, - may fairies waltz over his uncle's grave! As Mr. John Holmes so delightfully relates, "he conceived the grand idea of a perpetual entertainment and a standing invitation, and his table was ever supplied with brandy, wine, and crackers. The scheme is second only to the Everlasting Club of the Spectator. We take upon us, in the absence of historical evidence, to vouch for the constancy of Mr. Angier's friends. No better goal of pilgrimage for a graduate of convivial turn can be imagined. The shrine is gone; but the flavor...
...hold for a year at least; and the club proposes to give in addition a badge which will become the property of the winner of the match. In the various other contests there will be two prizes offered, - a first prize of the value of five dollars, and a second one of two dollars. Since the practice range was secured the shooting has shown marked improvement. In the last match a score of 40 out of a possible 50 was made at two hundred yards, and in practice 42 out of 50 and 23 out of 25 have been scored...
...second part of the original motion was now taken up. Mr. Warren moved that Mr. Fenno, '64, Mr. Ames, '66, and Mr. Roberts, '71, should be appointed a committee to confer with the Executive Committee, and that they should together decide whether delegates should be sent to represent Harvard at the Convention that meets in New York, January 4, or whether an announcement should be sent that Harvard has withdrawn. This motion was unanimously carried, and the meeting adjourned...
...seems appropriate to remind the present Seniors of their responsibility in the matter of voluntary recitations. Voluntary recitations must be regarded as still on trial, as they have not yet received the formal and permanent sanction of the authorities, and when it is remembered that this the second year of the trial will be held peculiarly decisive, it becomes the obvious duty of Seniors to avail themselves but sparingly of the privilege of cutting. Like the orator who spoke not to his audience but to posterity, the Seniors should feel the gravity of their position. It rests in great part...
...GURNEE,16 Holyoke House,Cambridge, Mass.,Treasurer H. A. C.Annual subscriptions will be due on the first of October of each year. The second annual subscription will be due October...