Word: closing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Alvin Clark is now an old man, nearly eighty-seven years old. This magnificent piece of work seems a fitting close for a life, the industry of which has made his lenses famous throughout the world, and given one of the most important aids to modern astronomy, namely, the use of better instruments than the science ever knew before...
Great enthusiasm over political matters exists among the students of the great English Universities, and it is interesting to see what effect the present close election in England has upon the English undergraduates. The English Universities have always been strongholds of conservatism, and although it seems strange to the democratic American that a body of educated men should so place themselves in opposition to the liberal spirit of progress, it must be remembered that a large number of students belong to the aristocratic families...
...arrival and the departure of mails at the Cambridge Post Office are as follows: Mails arrive, a.m., 6.40, 10.25, 10.55; p.m., 12.25, 2.25, 4.45, 7.10. Mails close, a.m., 6.30, *8.30, 10.15, 10.45, *11.30; p.m., 12.15, 2.15, 4.45, 7, *8, *12. Starred mails are messenger mails, and are collected from the boxes on Harvard and Main streets as the carriers go into Boston. Other mails start from the office...
...cannot but be regarded as a change for the better. When the mid-year examinations have dragged through their, to some of us, rather aimless existence, the startled student finds that the shadow of the cloister-like course of study which he must embrace to survive the annuals is close upon him. In past years, this realization of the coming storm has induced many to seek recuperation in a voluntary recess. But now we will be allowed a longer respite before the trying and struggling days...
...that the voices of the Advocate and Lampoon have been heard accepting, on paper, most gracefully their rightful status in athletics, we feel called upon to close the contest, again on paper, which we have so successfully inaugurated and carried out. The CRIMSON eleven, like its great compeers, the CRIMSON nine and crew, is officially awarded by the action of the Lampoon and Advocate the inter-press championship in foot-ball. The eleven stands by this declaration suns peur et sans reproche. It is yet a matter of doubt whether there will be another quest of the Holy Grail...