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...charged with signing a false certificate in connection with the assessment as a prospective voter of W. Townsend '16, last October. District Attorney Corcoran opened the case for the government, stating that Townsend's home is in Cohasset, and that Harris swore falsely when he certified him. Bernard F. Fallow, of the Cambridge Board of Assessors, was called as the first witness for the government, and testified that Townsend, Harris, and Reading were at the office of the board of assessors on October 11, and that he personally administered the oaths to the witnesses. Fallon said that...
...very slow. In order to get grass to grow it has been found necessary to lay the subway dirt underneath the ground that is already there. This, however, has become so salty on account of the marsh that even after it is built up, it will have to lie fallow for a year or two to allow the salt to wash out. It will then be seeded and when the grass has taken firm root the field will be ready...
...years ago will be glad to know that these meetings are to be begun again this year. The committee in charge of them thought last year that the course of talks on Bible study would in a measure take their place and also that the field might well lie fallow for a year. It was evident throughout the year, however, that the conference meetings were distinctly missed, that they fill a particular place in the college life, and that nothing else can satisfactorily take that place. Accordingly the committee has arranged a series of meetings for this year...
...allowed us. But the new arrangement, which makes the Semi-annuals begin on the 21st of January instead of on the 6th or 7th of February, forces us to do one of these two things. Either reviewing must be done before we go home, and left to lie fallow in the holidays, or we must attempt to go over about four months' work, in five or six subjects, in two weeks. The only reason given for the change is that it makes the college year more symmetrical by putting the Semi-annuals into the first half-year. It seems...