Word: callings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - I wish to call the attention of the proctors to a few practical matters connected with the examinations. Let each man of you make sure, the day before the examinations begin, that both his shoes are quite free from squeak. If there is the least suspicion that the soles are stiff-jointed, pray soak them every night in oil or water, so that your presence in the room next morning may be as unsubstantial as possible...
...year to start anything, on account of the nearness of the examinations, yet the plan is a good one. In other departments, such as the Mathematical, seminars have proved effective in rousing interest in the work. And a meeting of those interested in Physics will do much to call attention to this branch of college work. At present, among the students at large, the study of Physics is neglected. Few take courses in the subject, unless they wish to become scientific specialists. Yet our new Physical Laboratory is an excellently equipped institution, and nothing except more men are needed...
Suitable respect was paid to this, and then, in response to a call by the president, ex-Senator Sprague, '43, reminiscenes were given by many of the older alumni. Songs were interspersed, and stories told of life at Harvard in former days...
...word of advice to the willing to learn is always a pleasant task. And it becomes additionally so when the advice is of a pleasant nature. We wish to call the attention of the freshmen to the society relations of the university. The prurience which some men exhibit in seeking social honors is simply ludicious, while others are just as backward and slow to make acquaintances. Some of us seem to hold up before us as the highest prize of college life admission to some one society. And we are too often led to look upon society relations purely from...
Tutoring (especially in Mathematics and Chemistry) by a graduate of much experience. Call or address 4 Grays...