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...that so much attention has been given to the brown-tailed moth, the elm-tree panther (or whatever it is,) and other pests in the Yard, why not rid it of that human pest called the insurance drummer? He stands around, enters Sever, and our very class-rooms in his impudence, he pounces on instructors and students, dreaded by all, a babbling symbol of the imminence of death. Can we not even in the privacy of our work-rooms eschew the cringing advances of this infernal nuisance? Is it not within the authority of our excellent "Yard Cops" to expel...
Yesterday afternoon the old elm just east of Harvard Hall was pulled down. The tree was estimated by experts to be about 75 years old. It measured three feet in diameter and stood eighty feet high, being one of the largest and oldest in the Yard...
Humphrey, C. E., 134 Elm...
...intended. Other students know all these things, however, and like to conceal it. So these students see how near they can come to the paths without stepping on them. They soon become very proficient in avoiding them and destroy the grass rapidly. They remind us of the elm tree beetles that have destroyed the Yard elms, only the beetles don't know any better. The University has trouble enough with these ignorant pests without having to waste time and money to repair the damage done by the knowing but careless...
There is no record of a baseball game being played before 1845. There was no regular organization for practice until 1862, when the class of 1866 formed a club. Its members first played on the Common near the Washington Elm, and later on the Delta...