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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...them-are anxious to take some popular reference book out over night. They therefore adopt the plan of coming to the Library earlier in the day, capturing the book they want and hiding it in some safe place. When the time comes for taking reserved books out, they appear and triumphantly bear away the the missing volume. Some of these men go so far as to sit on a book all the afternoon so as to be sure of having it later on. There is no need of explaining why such practices as these are disgraceful. Inasmuch, however, as some...
...varsity and freshman crews row on the river regularly now, and Saturday's storm made no difference to them. Some of the other class crews failed to appear because of the bad weather, and the pair-oar was laid over for the day. The 'varsity boat was made up as follows: stroke, Captain Perkins; 7, Kelton '93; 6, Vail '93; 5, Rantoul '92; 4, Powers '92; 3, Shaw '94; 2, Lynam, M. S.; bow, Cummings '93. The crew rowed to Brighton and back. After they returned Captain Perkins took the freshmen out, himself steering the barge and coaching...
...next number of the Harvard Philological Studies a monograph on the existence of the Greek stage from the evidence furnished in the plays of Aristophanes, by Professor John Williams White, will appear, which will doubtless attract a general interest not only among authorities on Greek antiquities and trained scholars but also among those who have read Greek drama as literature only. For the settlement of the, question as to whether the principals in a Greek play acted on a long, narrow ledge, the Vetruvian stage, ten feet above the great circles of the orchestra where the chorus were grouped...
Professor Taussig has gone to Washington with the Boston Delegation to appear before the committee concerning the silver bill...
...talking over the condition of their respective institutions. They take a real interest in keeping up with educational advances, and each man is anxious to help the governing body of his college in the effort to raise the standard. Harvard graduates do not show the same zeal. They appear to be in a sort of lethargic condition, unable to express themselves except on some occasion of unusual moment. They seem to imagine that all personal duty toward the University ceased with the hour in which they got their degrees, and that they are no longer called upon to give opinions...