Word: year
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...used the reading room of the Library recently the increase of noisiness on the part of students, over any previous year must be apparent. Until recently there has been some sort of regard for the proprieties of a place where many men are obliged to come for study and research: now, however, there is a continuos undercurrent of talking, tramping of feet and banging of chairs. Nothing is more annoying in such a place than a scuffing of feet, a drum beat on the resonant desk, or a dry episode coming from three benches away. Some communication is necessary...
Appointing George Howard Parker, S. D., assistant professor of zoology for five years from September 1, 1899; appointing William Coolidge Lane, A. B., and Byron Satterlee Hurlbut, A. M., members of the University Council; appointing William Sturgis Bigelow, Arthur Astor Carey and Arthur Tracy Cabot trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts for one year from January...
...closest mayoralty contests ever held in Cambridge, Edgar R. Champlin L. '80, mayor during the past year, was re-elected yesterday. He defeated his principal opponent, David T. Dickinson '88, by a majority of about eight hundred votes. The city voted no-license for the fourteenth successive year by a majority of one thousand. W. H. Lewis L. '95, Thorndike Spalding '95, J. D. Merrill '89, and Stoughton Bell '96, were elected members of the Common Council...
...little consideration, on the part of each voter, of the requirements for these committees will go far to ensure the election of suitable men, and the choice of such men is necessary to the success of this year's electoral experiment. COMMITTEE ON ELECTION...
...Sophomore Debating Club. Debate, Sever 11, 7 p. m. Question: "Resolved, That a three year's course for the degree of A. B. at Harvard is desirable." Principal Disputants.--Affirmative: DeBray's Camp.--Negative: Letchworth's Camp...