Word: crimson
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Owing to the cold weather Tuesday night the CRIMSON press refused to do its work, and all who failed to get their copies of Wednesday's papers may obtain them at Leavitt's or Aimee...
President Eliot, on being questioned as to whether the statement made in the Fact and Rumor column in yesterday's CRIMSON, that he was in favor of abolishing all inter-collegiate contests, was true; said that he was decidedly in favor of continuing them, since they were in a fair way to become properly regulated. He is, however, of the opinion that there are too many of them, and thinks that Yale should be our only opponent, and that our games with Princeton and Columbia should be given up. President Eliot would, also, if he had the power, abolish...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON:- After the talk which followed President Eliot's remarks on "College Opinion" Monday night had gone on some time, I thought of giving a reminiscence of the "Conference Committee" of which I was one faculty member, when the meeting suddenly came to a close. In order to free my mind, I send my reminiscence to you. It concerns the matter of cheating at examinations, which the Conference Committee discussed at many meetings, and at considerable length. All wished to raise the tone of student honor, and if possible, to have the honor trusted, without proctors...
...question for discussion was, "Resolved, that the plan for managing Memorial Hall proposed in the CRIMSON of Jan. 9 should be adopted." Mr. L. M. Garrison was the first to speak on the affirmative. He stated that the only feasible way to remedy the present state of affairs at Memorial was-(1) to cut down the order list; (2) to increase the help, and (3) to appoint a new functionary, who should have a general supervision over the entire management of the buying, preparation and serving of food. He insisted that such an inspector was necessary to maintain continued improvement...
Circulars have been received by the CRIMSON announcing a winter tennis tournament at St. Augustine, Florida. Many men in college will doubtless be interested in the plan. Several noted tennis players are prime movers in the affair, and among them Mr. R. D. Sears, formerly of Harvard. "A season of exceptional brilliancy is assured this winter at St. Augustine by the opening of the new palatial hotels. Among the events of interest proposed is a series of out-door tennis tournaments for both ladies and gentlemen, in singles, doubles and pairs, to be held about the middle of March...