Word: grave
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Permit me to make, in your paper, a brief statement of the result of the canvass to raise funds for the German library. In spite of the unseasonable time of the year, and of other grave hindrances, the members of the working committee have been able to collect about two hundred dollars, and more is promised. In view of material increase to the fund started by Mr. Henry Villard, work has already been begun in Sever 2, and by the fall, a comfortable library will be ready for the students of German literature. Two hundred volumes have been purchased...
...generously contributed to the club, were seized upon with avidity; extracts were read from the president's last report, and the various matters of moment in the policy and opportunities of the university were the subjects of lively discussion. I doubt if the opinions expressed will exert a very grave influence upon the overseers, the academic council or the faculty; but it is at any rate a good thing that alumni should have opinions, should wish to express them, and should have a chance to express them...
...There are grave evils in private management. (a) Reduced rates to favored parties; (b) identification with railroad and commercial interests; (c) unlimited control. unregulated by law, of most important business interests; (d) monopoly.- Report of P. M. General...
...John Graham Brooks, of Brockton, addressed a large audience last night in Sever 11. He tried, as he said, to tell a few results of his experience, the knowledge of which would have saved him much labor and many grave mistakes...
...Colony of San Domingo," by Professor E. W. Gilliam, is especially timely as our attention is now drawn to that region. Two other interesting articles are unpublished letters by S. R. Mallory, secretary of the confederate navy in 1861, and by Richard Henry Lee, in 1782. "Francis Marion's Grave," "The Declaration of Independence," and "A trip from New York to Niagra in 1829," are among the other contributions...