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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Boating, base-ball, and foot-ball receive the detailed treatment they deserve. From the description of the new Gymnasium we find that the new structure is to be of brick with sandstone trimmings. It is intended to give the design the character of colonial architecture, so that it may harmonize...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A GUIDE TO HARVARD COLLEGE. | 2/8/1878 | See Source »

It was our purpose to show that the standpoint of the self-styled independent man - a phase of college character which we felt sure every one would recognize - is a ridiculous one, and to open his eyes, if possible, to the fact that his independence is not the only line...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE INDEPENDENT MAN. | 1/25/1878 | See Source »

No one could have given a more striking example of this "independent man" than "G. E." has done in setting forth at length his own opinions. They are precisely the sentiments which we have so often heard advanced by men who boast of the exalted moral pinnacle they occupy above...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE INDEPENDENT MAN. | 1/25/1878 | See Source »

TO know exactly what "the thing" is, forms the chief ambition of many of us here at Harvard; we spend most of our time in trying to find out its character, seldom, however, with any satisfactory results.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "THE THING." | 1/25/1878 | See Source »

In the matter of voluntary attendance the Faculty are still divided in their opinions. After a very full discussion of the subject, the Dean comes to the following conclusions: Among good scholars the cases where the opportunity for irregularity of work has interfered with scholarship are comparatively few; while the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESIDENT'S REPORT. | 1/11/1878 | See Source »

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