Word: good
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...think it right that the best courses should be made as easy of access as possible, and I ask the Faculty to put History 7, next year at least, in a position where one may take it without giving up all other good courses...
...meeting of the Athletic Association last spring was such a success, why would it not be a good plan to have another this autumn? The autumn is certainly as favorable a time as any for training, and there are no examinations to interfere with out-of-door exercise. If prizes should be given as handsome as those of last spring, many would doubtless enter...
...source of satisfaction to see that a good deal of interest was manifested last year in the hitherto much neglected study of Elocution. The Faculty should hasten to supply the place of Professor Baxter by some one who will keep alive that interest, as the work in this department is too much for any one man to do alone. We would suggest that Sanders Theatre be used for a recitation-room in this subject during the year, as well as for the rehearsals of the competitors for the Boylston prizes. This would necessitate keeping it heated during the winter...
...holds, - a position so dear to the heart of every student, the championship both of the bat and of the oar - in a great measure due to the leaders which '78 has furnished, but in everything that makes up a university reputation, and especially in its essential feature, good scholarship, the graduating class will bear comparison with its immediate predecessors, and these, it is well known, fully sustained the renown of their Alma Mater. Although the summa cum laude was not attained by any member of the class, it is well known that one at least came so near...
...speaking for the Boylston prizes this year showed a marked improvement over that of last year, and was in every way creditable, both to the instructor and to the speakers themselves. The selection of pieces was good, and they were in all cases well, in some exceptionally well, delivered. This is not the place for dwelling on individual merits; it is enough to say that the interest of the audience did not flag during the entire declamation, and that several times much enthusiasm was shown. The audience was much larger than that of last year, and we certainly cannot complain...