Word: acta
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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There are now eighteen chances taken for the Acta banjo. Twenty-five is the number to be sold. Don't consider this a worn-out tune, but take a chance - only fifty cents. - Acta Columbiana. There are several ways of supporting college papers. Herein is suggested one of them...
...Acta Columbiana has just made its reappearance with a handsome new cover. We regret to say that it complains of lack of support from the college. A paper of such merit should not be allowed to go unappreciated by a college with only one other paper to support...
...Acta Columbia, in a very able editorial commenting on Mr. Irving's lecture in Sanders, thus speaks of the relation of college-bred men to the stage: "The stage, we think, is an institution worthy of the attention of college men, from the very fact that each year sees a number of them enter the dramatic lists. The more college men go upon the stage, the higher will dramatic representations rise, because study will bring the action nearer to its maximum perfection, conversely, also, the higher the art, the more college students will seek the profession...
...Acta Columbiana gives utterance to the following bitter complaint: "The Freshmen are very fresh; they are constantly cheering, and indulge in wild discordant yells on the slightest provocation...
...Acta Columbiana proposes that Harvard's two intercollegiate boat races be merged into a Yale-Columbia-Harvard race. We desire to see cordial relations established between Columbia and Harvard, and, if weighty reasons did not interfere, would gladly oblige Columbia by urging a favorable consideration of her proposal. We admit the force of the reasons urged by the Columbiana in favor of the project, that great interest in the event would be aroused and that there would be greater honor for the victors of this race. Nevertheless, there are other considerations which must not be over-looked...