Word: holding
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Chess Club have voted to hold no more meetings this year, and postpone the Yale game until next term...
...alike. The suits, too, could be made there for less than is charged here, and the whole probably would cost less and be more satisfactory than at present. It is to be hoped that Harvard's color may never again run short, and that the crimson may hold and maintain its old place...
...subscriptions. He was sorry that there was still need for money, but he hoped that need would be soon supplied. The sentiment, "The University Nine, - may they beat Yale!" was received with enthusiasm. Mr. Hooper, in reply, said that at present the difficulty in the way was to get hold of Yale. When the time came, he was sure the Nine would do their utmost...
...found. Most of our readers in Cambridge have already heard of the great increase in our facilities for learning which the kindness of our instructors proposes to offer next year. It is intended that, on two or three evenings of the week, the instructors in the various languages shall hold readings, like those we have at present by Professor Child and Professor Palmer, so arranged that in the course of four years every undergraduate may, without undertaking any extra work, be able to become acquainted with the writings of the best authors in each language. The Greek and Shakspere readings...
...hold such a course of readings will be an additional burden on our instructors; but, judging from the interest that has been already shown, they will find their kind efforts properly appreciated, for there are many students who are glad to make use of so favorable an opportunity to gain a wider knowledge of ancient and modern literature and of music. The courses in the foreign languages will also be useful, from the practice that they will give in following the text without being obliged to think of the separate meaning of each word; and only such philological, historical...