Word: constant
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...unpleasant features of the class days of the past has been the presence of undesirable persons in the yard. It has been the constant aim of all class-day committees to keep the yard as free from outsiders as possible and to have it especially reserved for the seniors and their friends. In former years, however, it has always been possible to purchase yard tickets in the stores outside the square, and even Sanders and Memorial tickets were to be had. The probable reason for this has been that the members of the class who did not wish to make...
...prominent in this sport, will leave with the present senior class, and it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to fill their places. Now that Harvard has joined the Inter-collegiate Tennis Association, there will be a greater demand for expert players than ever before, and we urge constant practice on the part of those men in the lower classes who play, in order that as the college is foremost in tennis now, it may remain so in the future. Under the present state of affairs any one who wishes is given a chance to play, and there seems...
...remembered, when the great part of the subject may be familiar, or vice versa. In the case of a lecture course the examination paper is the only evidence of the work accomplished, but in a recitation course this is not the case. If the instructors would encourage constant attendance and work in term time by taking some note of these recitations and allowing them to aid a man in his examinations, it would not only be beneficial, it would be fairer, and it is this that every one desires...
...cement. The foundations of all the piers carrying sensitive instruments, and the foundations of the central tower of the western wing, will be entirely independent of the other foundations. The entire basement, excepting the boiler, coal and engine rooms, but including both the floor and roof of the constant temperature room, will be concreted two and one half inches thick with cement and gravel in two coats, of which the second coat will be pure cement put on before the first coat has entirely set. The floor of the fire, engine and coal rooms, will be made of hard brick...
...assigned to no definite use, and, with the exception of a room for photography, can be left to meet the wants of the future. The basement of this section is occupied by a room for magnetism, one for heat, and one for weights and measures. A room for constant temperature is excavated below the basement floor in the centre of the building...