Word: formerly
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...former concerts the audience has been in the habit of greeting the leader with deathly silence instead of the cordial applause that ought to be, and in other cities is, accorded to him. This coldness amounts to no less than an insult, and should not be allowed to continue, for, if we can find no higher motive than a selfish one, we must remember that no orchestra can play with spirit and enthusiasm unless it feels the audience in sympathy with it. As Mr. Gericke, then, takes his place Thursday evening, let him receive a few rounds of applause...
...noticed in the new Harvard Catalogue. That Harvard University is becoming more and more a veritable centre of learning, is easily seen when the number of students connected with the institution during the college years of 1886-87 and 1887-88 are compared, showing an attendance during the former year of 1688 to 1812 for the present year, a gain of 124. The attendance in the academic department of the University shows an increase from 1077 to 1138 registered students. The present freshman class numbers 295, the largest which has yet entered-and the number of special students has jumped...
...appears to-day. With the next issue the management of the paper will have changed hands. It shall be our earnest endeavor to keep the paper up to its standard throughout the year 1888; but to do this we look to the college for literary and financial support-the former especially among the lower classes. We extend our best wishes to instructors and students alike for a "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year...
...Executive Committee of the Boat Club, the janitor of the boat house was discharged. A new man is wanted-one who has not been in the employ of any boat club preferred-who can keep his opinions to himself and make himself generally useful-just as the former janitor did. I desire to ask the men in college to co-operate with me in a proposed attempt to get a first-class man, by sending to me the names and address of any persons known to them who might fit into the place with all its requirements...
...regatta committee of the U. of Penn. have decided that "any member of a class should be allowed to row in his class crew, independently of his being a candidate for the 'varsity or having rowed on a former college crew"; and "that no one shall be a candidate for any crew who weighs less than 135 pounds...