Word: downes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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After the burning of several large hotels about two years ago, the college authorities awoke to the fact that if one of the dormitories were to burn down, it would be an awful calamity. both from loss of life and tuition fees. Investigations of fire escapes for the dormitories were...
To the [returning upper-class men the changes apparent are certainly not great and they find the appearance of things much as it was when they left town in June. The first noticeable difference is that made by the removal of the old Holmes house, so long a familiar landmark...
The excitement which was felt in the decisive Yale-Harvard base ball game last June is well illustrated by the following: "The opinion was well-nigh universal that for intense, sustained and towards the last positively painful interest, the game has been unequalled in the last ten years. In the...
The commencement day of the class of '84 was very successful not with standing theshowers which came down at intervals during the afternoon. At about ten martial music was heard approaching the college yard, and a few minutes later Governor Robinson, escorted by a company of lancirs, was welcomed by...
The day after Commencement all the undergraduates who were able and manyalumni of both Harvard and Yale, together with sympathizers and lady friends, hastened to New London to see the annual contest for the college boating championship. but a short description of it cannot be amiss on the return to...