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...minister of his native village of Bury in Lancashire, he left England at the age of thirty rather than conform to the Laudian reforms. A reputation for learning preceded him; and in August 1640, three weeks after arriving in Boston, he was elected President of Harvard College, by the Board of Overseers...
...England. "Corn would buy nothing", wrote Governor Winthrop. "A cow which cost last year 20 pounds might now be bought for four or five pounds; then, too, many people have gone out of the country, as no man could pay his debts." The more active members of the Board of Overseers returned to England. But for the energetic leadership of Dunster in this crisis, it is probable that the College would have died before graduating a class...
With three operators on duty from 8.30 to 5.30 o'clock daily excepting Saturday, when the board closes at 3 o'clock, and with extensions to 314 phones, the University switchboard handles approximately 2,000 calls every day. In fact so many subscribers are listed on this exchange, that it has become necessary to issue a 15-page directory for those included by the exchange so that calls may be made by number rather than by name. The Business School, H. A. A., and Medical School have switchboards of their own listed on the city exchange, but the first...
According to C. C. Leatherbee '29, president of the Harvard Dramatic Club, Garfield and Whiteside, attorneys for the Club, have pursuaded Mayor Nichols of Boston to appoint a board of censors to reconsider the repression of the play, "Fiesta", in Boston. Their plea was granted on the grounds that the previous condemnation had been made by incapable persons...
Last night, Mayor Nichols declined to name any of the board members, although he said their decision would be announced tomorrow; neither did he say whether the members were policemen or dramatists. This board may deliver an ultimatum as to certain lines which must be cut before presentation, or it may refuse to allow the play in Boston on any conditions...