Word: fastings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...evident. That this fact is beginning to be appreciated by the public press, and to be discussed by them, is significant. The examination system has indeed been long established ; it has the prestige of the authority of European educators to support it. But in spite of this, it is fast proving itself unsuitable for American methods of instruction. The writer of the article on German student life in the last number of the Crimson, we fear, delivers a true commentary on American students, when he says that there is observable, in both American and German students, one common quality...
...dormitories have been thoroughly cleaned and scrubbed during the Fast week...
...crews have been rowing twice a day during Fast week; the boat-house attracted many visitors and presented a lively appearance. The 'Varsity has rested one day; '83 has rowed throughout the week; '82 rested Monday and Tuesday; '84 and '85 Monday...
There will be a game of base-ball on Fast Day between the Riverside and University Press. All are invited...
...rigors of minus zero degrees in e. g. Weld, would ever venture to raise such objections if steam were to be introduced into our buildings. On the question of the desirability of steam-heat for dwellings in the outer world, there is almost no doubt at all. Steam is fast coming to supercede all other methods of heating; and, if a practically scientific method of steam-heating were adopted for Harvard's dormitories, there need be no occurrence of the disagreeable symptoms of leakage and noise. Moreover, the pleasant appearance and advantages for ventilation of open fire-places need...