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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...means, the sole owners. A sees something in the Advertiser or Herald or World that he wants, and he cuts it out. Soon afterward I, B, hear of the article, which is, in all probability, general interest to Harvard students, and I go to read it; but I find only the uninteresting part of the paper left. One hundred and fifty men follow after me, and all meet with the same disappointment that I have met with. Each one goes to the news-stand and buys what some thoughtless or unscrupulous fellow has stealthily robbed from the rest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 11/8/1878 | See Source »

...these want to get to the theatre before the play begins, - a thing quite unendurable to any fellow of taste. You will meet more of your own style between half past seven and eight than at any other hour. The cars after this hour you will not, I hope, find it often necessary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HORSE-CARS. | 11/8/1878 | See Source »

...from ten to eleven the same ignorant creatures who get to the theatre early rush home again. You, of course, will always take a little supper at Ober's, and then one of the late cars; the company is not, generally, quiet or perfectly select, but you will always find a few "swell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HORSE-CARS. | 11/8/1878 | See Source »

...says, the "rules and regulations laid down by the College authorities for the guidance of janitors in the duties of their position" say that the janitors may charge a sum not over twenty-five dollars. All the "rules and regulations" that our correspondent may be able to find on the subject of janitors will not disprove the fact that a certain Freshman was charged forty dollars for the care of his room in Holyoke. We take occasion to remind our correspondent that the authorship of editorials is to be referred, not to any particular editor, but to the whole board...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 11/8/1878 | See Source »

HAVING elected Natural History 6 as one of my courses for this year, I was surprised and disgusted to find what a long walk it was to reach the Botanical Garden. Now, as I took this course under the impression that it was soft, and as this walk takes away all the softness that there might otherwise be in it, I think it no more than right that the distance should be decreased in some way. It is not right that the time of sixty or seventy men should be wasted twice a week by such a long walk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 10/25/1878 | See Source »

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