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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Most unquestionably this plan is commendable for several reasons. In the first place it will tend to centralize the practical work of collecting, placing it all under one head, the graduate manager. As it is now, the crew manager, the Mott Haven management, and even the cricket and lacrosse teams work away to raise money, without any cooperation. As a result they clash more or less, and a number of collectors have to cover the same ground. It is very doubtful whether altogether they are able to raise more from a given number of individuals than could a single collector...
...first comers began to appear on the field, and at 1.40 the streets leading from the street railways were crowded with Harvard and Yale enthusiasts. By two o'clock the seats were crowded to their utmost. The Associated Press flag on the south stand gave evidence of a free head wind blowing straight down the field...
Professor James prefaced his lecture by an outline of the ground that the lecturer might cover co-operatively under the head of the subject, immortality. His address was a discussion and refutation of two objections; one questioning how in the absolute dependence upon the brain of spiritual life, as we know it here, there can be immortality; and the second relative to the incredible number of beings which we must believe to be immortal if immortality be true...
...races of the 'Varsity four-oared shells were rowed Saturday afternoon under the most unfavorable conditions possible. By the time scheduled for the start a strong head wind had arisen, blowing somewhat off the wall on the Beacon street side, and the basin was lashed into a high running sea, which threatened to swamp the boats at any minute. It was almost dark when the crews after much maneuvering finally managed to get into position. Crew No. 4, J. F. Perkins '99, captain had the course nearest the wall; crew No. 3, H. M. Adams '98, captain, was next; crew...
...George W. Beavers, the head of the Bureau of Salaries and Allowances, has informed Col. H. A. Thomas, postmaster of the Boston District, that no other option will be offered them and the offices will have to be known by their present names. The affair would evidently have been ended some time ago if Col Thomas had realized that there is only a small part of Cambridgeport which cares about changing the name...