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...what he was. They found him the best of comrades--simple, engaging, generous in his estimates of others, tender as a woman, fair-minded, playful, reverent, and unconventional, with a natural elevation of thought and manner which made all excellence easy in his presence. As we now recall that erect form, alert bearing, kind eye, and masterful voice, we perceive how, in spite of his aversion to anything like intentional consistency, "his words and works and fashion too" were "all of a piece, and all were clear and straight...
...been proposed to erect a memorial flag-staff, in honor of the soldiers of Cambridge who fell in the Wars of the Revolution and of 1812, at the junction of Garden street and Massachusetts avenue. The only monument which Cambridge has to her soldiers is the one dedicated to the men killed in the Civil War; no recognition is made of the heroes of either of the other wars. Between eight and nine thousand dollars will be needed for the erection of this flagstaff, which will be set on an ornamental bronze pedestal, resting on a sub-structure of granite...
...call for subscriptions from the undergraduates to erect a swimming tank for the Cambridge Y. M. C. A. coming at the same time as the intercollegiate swimming meet, recalls us rather painfully to a realization of our own inadequate swimming facilities. Because of the lack of those facilities, Harvard has been forced to abandon swimming temporarily, and a great many undergraduates have been unable to avail themselves of what is an accessible and valuable form of exercise in most colleges. It seems to me that in this case especially, charity should begin at home. Swimming...
...movement was started in the year that the war closed, and the building was finished in 1874. Since that time thee sectional bitterness has largely passed away; the animating motives of both sides are appreciated at their true value. Perhaps Memorial Hall is not the most appropriate place to erect a memorial to Harvard men who died in the Confederate service, but they should have a memorial of some sort in the University premises for they deserve our admiration...
...immediate object of the present movement is to raise sufficient money to erect a building to accommodate the students in physical and inorganic chemistry under the direction of Professor T. W. Richards, and to give Professor Richards the opportunity of carrying out researches, which have been impossible on account of the conditions in Boylston Hall...