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...Physical Seminar on Friday evening, Mr. Harding, '86, explained the action of geysers, illustrating by an interesting experiment, and Mr. McRae of the signal service, described the various forms of electro-meters. The next seminar will be on Friday...
...next two hours were talking Wellesley, Harvard, Athletics, Prayers and Greek. How much we talked! Junior after junior was introduced, and when one set of girls got tired of talking, they would bring up a relief set. We were introduced to the president of the college and various members of the faculty; to the president of '86. and the whole class, we believe, though 60 is a large number. How we did enjoy it; but how much more we should have enjoyed it if we could have had occasional intermissions of five minutes in which to rest our tired tongue...
...never would have been elected our president by the old board of overseers,-his increasing vigilance, his leader-like assurance have determined and directed many of the donations. Oftentimes in the progress of Memorial Hall, when I, as treasurer, held back, the president would enumerate my various resources in such a convincing way that I felt for the time embarrassed with riches; and you owe to him, more than to any one, the completion of that noble edifice for less than the estimated cost and one year before the promised time. But he is a fanatic, and we run Harvard...
...publish this morning the report of the '87 freshman crew. The report is clear and concise, and compares very favorably with that of the '86 crew. But much comment and hard feeling would have been saved, had the report been published earlier. It is customary for the various athletic organizations to publish the reports of their financial affairs, and the earlier these reports are made public, the better it is for those who are interested in the payment of the deficits...
...society reports which are entered under special topics. Catalogues of other libraries, especially of the Boston Athenaeum, Boston Public, and Brooklyn Libraries, are of great use in enabling one to find the book wanted. For finding magazine articles, Poole's Index is invaluable. There are also numerous biographies on various subjects, such as Mathematics, Political Economy, etc., which are easy of access, and of great use. To acquire a facility in the use of catalogue and reference books is a matter of time and patience, but when acquired, it is of the greatest value...