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...young man, whether in college or out, and the distinction thus won would be a great help to him. By this plan the deserving and gifted young man would be brought to the front, and would take the places now too often taken by hopeless mediocrity. Many a dormant talent would come forward, and in a few years we should see a scientific enthusiasm never before witnessed...
...long time the society lay dormant. Various attempts were made to revive it, but not until 1880 was the attempt successful. The Union now enters upon the sixth year of its renewed existence under most favorable auspices, with every assurance that the present will be its most successful year...
...October, a meeting of the society was called by the secretay, Mr. F. W. White, for the purpose of considering whether some new life could not be infused into the dry bones. The members present thought that there was yet a hope of raising the society from its then dormant state to a condition of practical usefulness. A committee was therefore appointed to consider ways and means...
That the managers of the Cricket Club are endeavoring to infuse new life into that, of late, dormant organization is shown by the series of games arranged for the coming few weeks. If is quite a time since any cricket campaign has been planned by the club so extensive as that at present contemplated. The course of action cannot fail to bring the club into prominence, and it ought to result in greatly raising the standard of play at Harvard. The practice which the club will gain by its games against teams like those put upon the field...
...University. Although one of the finest and best drilled companies in the State, the only service it ever performed was practicing on exhibition days, and when the peace of 1815 was declared, firing a salute. In 1825 it was reorganized for the second time. How long it had been dormant is not known, probably only a short time, however. After a very prosperous life of ten years, during a rebellion of the students, the guns were thrown from the armory windows, and the Faculty disbanded the company, From an article by a graduate of 1830, and an ex-commander...