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...captains drew for positions last evening with the following result: No. 1 (counting from the wall) sophomore crew; No. 2, junior crew; No. 3, senior crew; No. 4, freshman crew...
...from embodying your ideal! The twelve hundred books stand boldly out into the room. Simplicity, to speak moderately, reigns everywhere. She appears, in not her most attractive form, in the Franklin stove. She stares blankly at you from her "BOOKS RETURNED," and "BOOKS RECEIVED," which are pasted on the wall over the narrow mantel-piece, and which indicate that there is to be found the connection between the Annex and the Harvard Library. The dimity curtains and patch-covered window-seats cannot be offended at being dubbed "simple." But simplicity abdicates her sway when she approaches the study table, where...
Again the freshman in his eagerness for artistic effects in wall decoration has been led into error. We say the freshman, for we cannot suppose that anyone but the freshman could be heartless enough to commit the foul theft which we here condemn. The base-ball management with an eye to attracting the attention of ordinarily indifferent students, has as usual begun to print its posters announcing the inter collegiate games in gaudy colors. Hardly had the first lot of these effective placards appeared when they began rapidly to disappear long before the game was played, much to the annoyance...
...called upon the proper officer of the college to receive the customary allowance. This functionary expressed a wish to view the improvements, and was conducted to the room in question, which he closely inspected, and then, with an ominous shake of the head, requested a sample of the wall paper, declaring that he would be obliged to analyze it, to find out if any arsenical ingredients were employed in its preparation. If this proved to be the case, he said, the college could not feel it consistent with its duty to pay for putting it up. The moral of this...
...wall of the third story will be inserted a panel bearing the date of the building's erection, 1885. The cornice will be capped at each end by ornamental posts, between which will extend a highly ornamented iron railing. Altogether the design of the new block is very satisfactory, reflecting much credit upon the architect, Mr. W. P. Wentworth, of Boston. The structure will be completed during the summer recess. It is said that many of the suites of rooms have already been engaged...