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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...fairly be assumed that whenever a member of the faculty votes for restrictive measures, it is because he doubts whether in that particular case the students are able to regulate the matter themselves. In the present instance the doubt has never been as to the propriety of celebrating victories-the more victories, and the more celebrations of them, the better, is, I feel sure, the sentiment of every man in the faculty, but as to certain features of the celebrations, the loud explosions which make the college a formidable nuisance to the neighborhood by keeping people awake and imperilling such...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Letter from Professor James Concerning Celebrations. | 6/8/1885 | See Source »

...better than the best he has done in practice. The Yale men did only fair work, but Rohrbach made one beautiful put of 38ft. 1in., and won the prize. Clark was second, with 37ft. 8in. If the shot was of the correct weight (of which there was doubt at the time) this will make Rohrbach the holder of a best college record...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Challenge Cup. | 5/25/1885 | See Source »

...Crimson is to hold, in respect to athletics, among the colleges of America. The 'varsity nine meets the Orange and Black, our most formidable rivals, in a game which is of vital importance in determining the championship struggle. If victory falls to us there can remain but little doubt as to the result of the struggle for the pennant. Our track athletes will endeavor to retain the Mott Haven Cup which has been so long in our possession as to seem almost like a fixture. Of our success in this endeavor there can be but little question. The steady...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/23/1885 | See Source »

...have been practising constantly for several months. Not only is the club good individually, but it will be assisted by the '88 members of the Pierian who form so large and able a part of that body. That the concert will be a success, we have not the slightest doubt; and the smallness of price of admission, and the laudable object for which the concert is given, should combine to make every member of the class attend...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/22/1885 | See Source »

...real cause of the small attendance at the meetings must have been the "lectures" with which each meeting was opened, and which, judging from their titles, can hardly have been anything but trite and dull. Had they been done away with, there is little reason to doubt that the society would have lasted much longer than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The First Harvard Union. | 5/22/1885 | See Source »

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