Word: books
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...order to complete necessary arrangements, Seniors are requested to procure tickets as soon as possible. A blue-book will be placed in Leavitt & Peirce's tomorrow morning, and tickets may be purchased for $1 either there or from the following members of the committee: G.A. Rivinius, chairman, C.W. Cate, E.W. Clark, F.R. Dick, H. Forte, H.M.B. Ogilby, S.T. Stackpole, E.B. Stern...
...discourtesy of the attendants at Gore Hall, especially in the Reading Room is well known to many men who have tried, often in vain, to obtain the use of some book during the rush hours. The indifference shown to the wishes of borrowers is in marked contrast to the courteous attention of librarians in many of our public libraries. Although we realize that the position must be a trying one, and that many foolish and useless questions are asked, nevertheless the attendants are paid to help find and distributed the books, and long service and thorough knowledge of the shelves...
Arrangements have been made where-by members of the Senior class may follow the class crew races on Friday, May 17. The "Neponset," which has been chartered for the afternoon will accommodate 55 passengers, and the fare for the trip will be $1, including refreshments. A blue book will be placed at Leavitt & Peirce's tomorrow morning at 8.30 o'clock, and the first 55 men to sign and pay the fee at that time, will be taken. The boat may be met at a place to be announced later...
...last meeting of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, it was decided that hereafter no extra admission subject would be counted as a course or half-course towards a degree unless offered in advance as the equivalent of College work, and unless the examination book had been read with that end in view, and marked not lower than...
...thought out, and similes which are not strictly applicable. In examining various instances of these inconsistencies the conclusion seems to be that the high poetic value of the Iliad must be considerably detracted from. We see many of the similes and descriptions taken over ready-made from order books or traditions, and although we might think this to be fatal to originality, we must consider the exact meaning of the term. We should regard a work of art original when it produces an impression of a living source. What really shows art is intensity of imagination on the part...