Word: first
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...manners seriously believes this is true, I doubt. Who ever heard of a man who, in spite of his dislike to liquor, drank to excess because he heard it was the "proper caper"? A great many hard things have been charged against the Harvard undergraduate; but this is the first time, to my knowledge, that he has been accused of imbecility...
...kindness of the architects we are enabled to present to our readers, with this issue, a plan of the first floor of Sever Hall, and a view of the exterior. The building will be far more handsome on the outside than any of the present College buildings, so that beauty has not by any means been sacrificed to convenience. The convenience, we had almost said the luxury, of the interior arrangements seems to be all that could be desired. We are especially glad to see that a rational system of ventilation has not been considered unnecessary, as it was when...
...their reform. For this reason we have no fault to find that all the courses for the Freshman year are still prescribed. The reform will reach this class in due time. We believe, however, that it is an error to require a greater number of hours in the first year, - in studies, too, in which the student is deprived of a selection. There is good ground also for the complaint often heard respecting the severe requirements of the Freshman year in the various branches of Mathematics. These are so difficult that many students become discouraged and disgusted to such...
...first floor a broad hall will extend from the east entrance to the opposite side, bisected at right angles by a corridor running the entire length of the building. The vestibules, opposite each entrance, will be handsomely tiled. The outside main doors will be supplemented by six swinging ones just inside the hall, opening both ways, and handsomely finished in panels. The main hall will have a tiled floor throughout its entire length, while that of the long corridor will be of maple. This floor will contain six spacious recitation-rooms, suitably fitted up with platforms, blackboards four feet...
...third floor will largely resemble the first, except at the northern end, where, instead of a lecture-hall, there will be an art department, consisting of a lecture-room, which will seat about three hundred, and two large art-galleries, one on either side of the corridor. The entire northern section of this floor will be given up to the art department, the other half being cut up into lecture-rooms...