Word: calendar
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...with varying success, there is one in regard to which all efforts would seem to have been unavailing. I allude to the moral so often drawn from the "old, old story" of Town and Gown. According to a little squib which perpetually appears in that weekly publication, the University Calendar, the front seats in Appleton Chapel are always (?) reserved on Sunday evenings for students alone until 7.30, at which hour all vacant seats will be filled by the surplus Cambridge people. How many complaints have been made, whereof the purport is that on Sunday evening last there was a great...
...from contact with the world outside, or from some reading which will result in giving insight; but the solution none the less lies with the students. To make a fool of one's self is, no doubt, a great sin; but that it is the cardinal sin of the calendar is a matter of doubt. Such it is regarded here; and it has become a common saying among those who have never been benefitted by our civilization that "a Harvard man is so afraid of doing something which will make him appear like a fool, that he never does anything...
...These calendars make announcements not given in the regular tabular Views or programmes, and embrace such lectures and other exercises as are open to the public. They are issued every Friday during term time and posted, and will also be sent to subscribers at $1.00 for the college year. Announcements made out in the form adopted in the calendar should be left with Mr. Bolles at University 5 not later than 10 o'clock a. m. Thursday of each week. Subscriptions will be received...
...joint session of the Historical and Economic Associations meet at Sander's Theatre this afternoon. The list of speakers, as published in the Calendar is an assurance of an interesting meeting. A large attendance of students is desirable, for they will add to the energy of the association; and will show that among the undergraduates at Harvard there is a large number of men who feel the necessity of a knowledge of history and political science...
...Under the head of special notices announcement is made that game bull terrier puppies, three months old, are for sale. Also a stylish dog-cart, with English harness. Two of the editorials are on base-ball, and the third on tennis. The news items are mostly on sports. The calendar occupies the same space as a notice to seniors to pay their subscription for the class crew...