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Dates: during 1880-1889
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It is a small and selfish thing for a man to prefer his own leisure to Harvard's prestige, dawddling away his time in Boston or loafing about the clubs, when his presence and example on the crew, the nine, or the track might put Harvard to the fore, and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Letter from a Recent Graduate. | 6/7/1889 | See Source »

We have been obliged to complain many times in our columns of the disgraceful way in which the Cambridge "muckers" are allowed to take possession of the college yard and athletic grounds. As the spring has advanced the nuisance has been getting more and more intolerable, and must be stopped...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/1/1888 | See Source »

Near Memorial Hall was recently set a charming statue of John Harvard. The young clergyman sits in his chair, his pulpit robe thrown around hime, his book open on his knee, his thin face and tranquil, hopeful eyes turned toward the western sky. He is thinking of the days that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Notes from Harvard College. | 12/7/1887 | See Source »

"One often hears criticisms on the English department of Harvard because there is no single course in which a student can get a comprehensive knowledge of English literature. It is perfectly true that no such course exists, for the simple reason that it would be of no value. The courses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: English at Harvard. | 6/14/1887 | See Source »

"He was first enveloped in a large white gaberdine. Next his throat was protected by bands of thick cloth, wound tightly round and round until it seemed well-nigh impossible for him to move his head. The front of his body was then covered with what looked very like a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A German Students' Duel. | 3/16/1887 | See Source »

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