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...publisher of "Harvard and Its Surroundings" proposes, in case one hundred subscriptions can be obtained, to get out a special edition of his book for the Senior Class. This edition will be bound in crimson cloth covers, with bevelled boards, and gilt edges; it will be printed on heavy paper, the pictures will be rearranged and some new ones added; and the advertisements - including the steel engraving of the Riverside Press - will be left out. At the end of the book will be placed a list of the present and past members of the Class of '78, together with...
...LARGE gilt cross has been placed above the entrance to the Library. We don't know whether it is meant as an expression of the Faculty's sympathies in the Turco-Russian war, or as an open defiance of the gentleman who lately accused the Library of wasting its substance on "massive tomes of recondite lore, in which a fruitless effort is made to reconcile science and religion...
...little disgusted when I came back from my Thanksgiving holiday, and found no fire in the grate and on the table an accumulated pile of circulars and bills, -a gilt-edged note from my tailor, which I took for an invitation; a postal card from a Sunday school; another with the College arms on it; and the rest advertisements, notices, and what not. The room was cold, dismal, and dusty, whereas I had fondly hoped that my chum would be back before me and have everything snug and comfortable. With the charitable intention of making him light the fire...
...Eastlake pattern," filled with well-bound books. The whole affair adds a great deal to the general effect of the room. In fact, it harmonizes perfectly with everything else there. It is neither too large nor too small, too wide nor too high. The books are not too brightly gilt, nor are they too sombre. But this is the very thing that leads me to doubt. I cannot believe that, however sincere in construction the book-case may be, the owner's heart is in his books. I fear that the book-case is only there because it does harmonize...
...fine slate roof now being placed on Memorial Hall will, when completed, contain the following inscription in Hebrew: The day is short, the reward is great, the laborers are few, the Master urges." It will be set in the slate, blue on red ground, with gilt marks of accent and gilt stars, and other ornamentation. - Union Spectator...