Word: constantions
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Lampoon, stories in the Advocate, and general articles and expressions of opinion in the HERALD-CRIMSON. All the instructors in rhetoric unite in recommending this means of exercise for the mind, and advise all the students to take advantage of it. Then let there be a stop from this constant crying for material which we hear from the various papers. Let all who desire to improve themselves take advantage of their opportunities, and perhaps the just clamor against the opportunities afforded by the English department will be somewhat lessened...
...recent inter-collegiate convention of the Y. M. C. A. at Amherst, the Harvard delegates reported a membership of 70 at the college with constant additions and frequent meetings...
...complaint and very much has been said on the subject; but much remains unsaid. This complaint is the abominable state of various walks in the yard. People have urged that constant writing in the college papers does no good and only bores the reader. This is not always so. It sets men to thinking and talking about the subject, and often leads to important results. Several years ago the yard was without any brick sidewalks and all the paths were in a poorer condition. The Crimson, then a fortnightly, kept constantly bringing the attention of the authorities and students...
...Constant complaints are being made that the laboratories are not kept open during the time of the mid-year examinations. It does not seem to be necessary that this department should be closed for almost three weeks because recitations are not in progress. Many men finish their examinations from one to ten days before recitations begin again. To them it would be of great advantage if they could spend some of this spare time in the laboratory. Working out experiments in chemistry is slow work at the best, and any extra time which could be thus devoted to it would...
Although the Hemenway Gymnasium was only built in 1879, yet it has been found necessary to replace some of the flooring of the running track. Hardly a better proof of the constant use to which the building has been put since its erection could be given. Nor could better evidence be given of the long felt need which it supplied and of the esteem with which it is held by the students than this same use. That it has been popular both with the faculty and students since its start is a matter of congratulation. As soon...