Word: commonness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...billiard and pool rooms, bowling alleys and swimming pools, there are provided opportunities for harmless amusement-- one of the chief objects of such a club--as well as opportunities for the students in the various departments to come into contact making them feel that they have interests in common and seeming to unify and strengthen university spirit...
Thomas L. Jenks '54 M.S. died suddenly of heart disease yesterday morning. After graduating from the Harvard Medical School he was successively hospital steward in the navy, member of the Boston Common Council, member of the State Legislature, Trustee of the City Hospital, Ferry Director, Chairman of the Board of Police Commissioners, and Commissioner of Public Works. At the time of his death he was president of the College of Pharmacy, and of the North End Savings Bank of Boston...
...room has recently been fitted up in Divinity Hall which is to be known as the "Common Room." This is a feature of college dormitories which is new at Harvard but which has for some time been prominent at Oxford and Cambridge in England...
...primary idea of the "Common Room" is to furnish a place where the occupants of Divinity Hall may gather for social purposes. The rooms are furnished with taste and several paintings will soon be placed upon the walls. A large number of newspapers and periodicals will also aid in making this a popular resort for the divinity students...
...Common Room" was fitted up through funds given to the Faculty by Rev. John W. Quinby who graduated from the Divinity School in 1871. A tablet will be put up to his memory. The rooms were formally opened last Wednesday evening with a reception to the members of the school...