Word: foundings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been the custom of the CRIMSON for several years to collect these statistics in order to find out the rise or decline of Harvard influence in the different states, cities and above all, the large preparatory schools of the United States. To begin with, below will be found a list of the number of the men who have entered the class of '91 from the larger states, compared with the number entering in previous years. All special students and dropped '90 men have been excluded. The total number of bona fide freshmen who have so far registered...
...Weekday morning prayers at 8.45 a. m. No seats will be assigned, either for officers or classes. The, preacher to the University conducting morning prayers may be found at Wodsworth House 1, every weekday from...
Every member of the parties should be provided with compass, clinometer, note book, and hammer. A satchel will be found convenient for carrying lunch out and specimens back. In case of rain, the interrupted excursion will be postponed to the same day next week...
...must go the original sources. There are the conscious and the unconscious sources. The primitive American knew nothing of his relations to the past and the future, but by his acts he unwittingly has given us facts of his existence, as is shown by the relics to be found everywhere on this continent. We can gain but little knowledge of the less civilized nations from the conscious sources. The muse of history was once portrayed with a scroll and pen. The modern Clio should be armed with a spade. The historian to day has to dig for his parts...
...instead of on their neckties, where according to the old tradition they could alone be worn. Explaining this custom and the change, the New Haven News says: "Alongside of it has grown up a system of actions and many ways dubbed 'poppycock' by the college world at large. This found manifestation in many ways, all marked by an assumption of mystery and standoffishness in everything that related to the societies in any way, however distant. Of late years, however, a strong sentiment of opposition to 'poppycock' has been steadily developing. Among undergraduates the opposition has grown very quietly...