Word: 8th
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS HERALD-CRIMSON.-The article in your issue of February 8th upon "Our Ranking System," reminds one very forcibly of the fact that it is quite easy to find fault with a system and suggest remedies, but unfortunately what seems a remedy to one appears as an injustice to another. I refer to the "third reform" which the author of the above mentioned article suggests, which is essentially as follows: that, since the fact of having taken one course in any branch of knowledge, renders a student more fitted to advance in other courses of that branch, this should...
...Harvard graduates resident in the State of Minnesota met at a dinner in St. Paul on the evening of Jan. 8th. After dinner a business meeting was held and an organization effected of The Minnesota Harvard Club, with Judge George B. Young, '60, President and Samuel Hill of Minneapolis, Secretary. The club starts with twenty-five members. Provision has been made for an annual dinner. Only graduates of the academical department are eligible to membership. Among those present were Judge George B. Young, '60; William Bennett, '59; Henry C. James, '64; Drs. Winthrop Miller, '74; C. B. Witherle and William...
...vacation at Yale extends from Dec. 22, to Jan. 8th...
Professor Sophocles stood by collegiate seniority, third in the list of the Faculty of Harvard college, being between Professor Loveting and Professor Torry. Some printed authorities place the date of his birth 1807, one going so far as to say the 8th of March, but there is reason to doubt the accuracy of this, although it is undoubtedly nearly correct. He would never in his life give any information about himself for publication. In 1838 he published "A Greek Grammar for the Use of Learners," which reached a third edition in 1847, and in 1862 had attained a sale...
...following are the dates of the concerts to be given in Sanders Theatre by the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of Mr. Henschel: November 8th, December 6th, January 10th, February 14th and March 20th. It is probable that the cost of course tickets will this year...