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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...class games were held yesterday afternoon on Holmes field in the presence of three hundred people. There was little wind, the track was in good condition, and had the temperature been a few degrees higher, the conditions for fast time would have been perfect. The following is a complete list on the entries and winner of each event...
...study of languages as scientific students may require. No distinctive undergraduate classes will be formed, and no candidate for lower college classes will be received at first. While not declining to confer the degree of A. B., the university will for the present give special attention to qualifying for higher degrees...
...fifth special report in History XIII is due today. All those who received C or higher for the first half year will be excused from preparing the sixth report...
This work done by graduates of other colleges who can well compare Harvard with other institutions, is worthy of great praise. Their report shows an opinion of higher moral tone, of greater earnestness for work, of superior advantages for this work at Harvard, than is possessed by any college or university in the country. They tell what those who have investigated the matter know to be true without the shadow of doubt, but the more we can emphaslze these facts and present Harvard in her true light, the better, and surely this report speaks with strong emphasis...
...interest throughout the college in two scientific and deservedly popular games. The success of the club during the past year has shown conclusively that chess does not demand too much time and study to hold a secure place among college games, and that whist may be raised to a higher plane than that of a mere diversion of a few idle moments. The promised annual tournaments will serve as a stimulus to players outside of the society, and thus the club's increased prosperity is a matter of congratulation to the whole college...