Word: wednesday
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...hour for Junior forensics has been changed from 9 A.M. Wednesday, to 2 P.M. Thursday...
BOSTON THEATRE. - "My Partner" will be played for the last time on Saturday night. Mr. Aldrich gives a fine impersonation of the hero, Joe Saunders. Next week Grau's French Opera Company appear. Monday and Tuesday evenings and Saturday afternoon, "La Fille de Madame Angot" will be played; Wednesday, "La Grande Duchesse"; Thursday and Saturday evenings, "Girofle-Girofla"; and Friday evening, "La Perichole." Paola Marie and Capoul appear at every performance...
...last Wednesday, the day appointed for the beginning of Chinese instruction at Harvard, no applicants made their appearance, and the first recitation was indefinitely postponed. This is owing to the fact that the language which our new professor is sent here to teach is the Mandarin, the language of Chinese nobles and officials, and the vehicle of the literature of the country. Mandarin is of no use to the few Harvard students who wish to study Chinese, since they would come in contact only with the Cantonese, who speak a language so different from the Mandarin that our professor himself...
...regular meeting of the Board of Overseers last Wednesday, the following appointments were confirmed: Dudley A. Sargent, M. D., assistant professor of physical training and director of the Hemenway Gymnasium; Charles Sprague Sargent, A. B., Arnold professor of arboriculture; Luther Dimmick Shepard, D. M. D., professor of operative dentistry; George H. Howison, lecturer on ethics in the Divinity School for the current academic year; Harry Blake Hodges, instructor in chemistry and German for the current academic year; William Cranston Lawton, A. B., Henry Gilman Nichols, A. B., Edward Emerson Phillips, A. B., as proctors...
...meeting of the Boat Club, held last Wednesday evening, was called to order at 7.30 by the President, Mr. Trimble. Mr. Baylies, the Treasurer, then read his report, which showed the club to be out of debt with the balance in the treasury of $634.03. This announcement was received with enthusiasm, and a vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Baylies...