Word: conducted
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...atonement for the past. Nobody questions the extent of the evils of intemperance fostering nine-tenths of all crime, with its immense cost, equal to the amount of the manufacturing wages of the United States. Harvard men are always full of suggestions on the reform of the conduct of government, but on the question of temperance they are decidedly shrinking, and yet the question of temperance is by far the most important economical question of the day, throwing completely into the shade the reform of the tariff or of the civil service. Intemperance is the greatest evil in existence...
EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: There have appeared in your columns two communications criticising, in view of the price of board charged on the term bills, the conduct of the Dining Association. It is not long ago that the practice of publishing the term-bill price of board began. Members used to be left to ascertain it from the bursar's bills, and few of them knew, even then, the exact number of weeks for the computation. I do not mean to imply that the price used to be concealed in order to cover up the affairs of the association; there...
First, as to the price itself, $4.58, it is higher of course than any one wishes it to be; but it is not very much higher than those closely connected with the conduct of affairs expected. The term bill runs from December 27 to March 27. To get the amount of bills payable in these twenty-seven days of March, it is always necessary to make an estimate. The total number of weeks board is known, and for the March of this year was 2076. The amount of bills payable isgot by taking the same fractionable part of the bills...
...theme in English 5 is due next Friday. Subject like that of the last one on any current topic. Another theme due a week from next Friday will have as its subject any suggestion in regard to the improvement of the university, either in its government or in the conduct of its students...
...Boston Advertiser a rumor was set afloat to the effect that this department of the university was to be weakened both in the number of courses and professors. Owing to financial reasons, our faculty entertained the hope that Prof. Dunbar, on his return next year, would be able to conduct the three course that are now given. President Eliot never shared this hope, and realized that although Prof. Dunbar would be free from all duties connected with the deanship, still he would not be able to give the necessary time to such extended instruction, and to do justice to such...