Word: alumni
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Tuesday, gymnastic exhibition; meeting of the alumni and alumni dinner; president's reception to seniors and friends; Lynde debate; sophomore reception...
...Resolved, By the Omaha Harvard Club composed of about twenty-five alumni, ranging from the class of '46 to the class of '87, that the sense of this club is, that it is for the best interests of Harvard University, that intercollegiate athletic contests should not be abolished nor further restricted...
...corporation have refused the petition in behalf of the preservation of the old "fence" which was signed by nearly two thousand of the alumni. Granting that the ground about the "fence" must some time be used, the conclusion of the corporation is the only reasonable one to draw, although it was the hope of the petitioners that the refusal to place the proposed building there would establish a precedent that would render the corner forever inviolate. We are all disappointed. On us, as undergraduates. the loss will fall most heavily, while we are sure that for many years Yale life...
...library, consisting of something more than lexicons and encyclopedias, rarely finds a space in the ordinary fitting school. The Phillips Exeter Academy, however, has been a commendable exception to this rule, and at present a fairly large collection of books has been amassed, through the efforts of instructors and alumni. Every volume of the lot relates more or less directly to some one of the courses in the curriculum. And in this way, the student's attention is more firmly drawn to his work, doubly so as he is not distracted by shelves of useless contemporary fiction...
...being made to secure a change in the conditions. A large mass meeting of the students was recently held at which resolutions were unanimously adopted protesting against the proposed plans, and a committee composed of undergraduates from the different classes were appointed to obtain the views of the alumni upon the subject. Over six thousand letters have been sent out and the replies are now pouring in. As a rule they are strongly in favor of retaining the "fence" at any cost. These letters and resolutions will be brought before the corporation at their meeting next Saturday, when definite action...