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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...with considerable concern that the undergraduates are coming to realize that this year the customary time allowance, by which men of the middle west have been able to reach home on the first day of a vacation, is not to be given. Residents of Buffalo, Cleveland, and Chicago, who have heretofore left Cambridge one day early, and men from points farther west who have always been allowed two days of grace, must arrive home anywhere from 12 to 24 hours late for their all too brief rest from College duties...
Doubtless the authorities feel justified this year in demanding strict attendance to the end, for according to the Catalogue, the vacation does not properly begin until Monday, and by that time all except the far-westerners will be at home. As a matter of fact no one can logically deny that the work of this semester ends on Saturday, December 21, and it is grossly unfair to allow the Massachusetts men to begin their enjoyment at that time, while the rest are still in the throes of sleeping car inconvenience. Harvard is an eastern University. The western representation is proportionately...
...William Thomas Davis '42, who is known throughout the country as an orator and as a writer of Pilgrim history, died very suddenly of heart failure at his home in Plymouth last Tuesday at the age of 86. Mr. Davis is the author of "Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth" and "Pilgrim Memories of an Octogenarian." He was vice-president of the Pilgrim Society and president of the Pilgrim Society of Plymouth. For many years he has been an active and prominent citizen of Plymouth...
...proofs of the class lists for the University Catalogue will be taken down Monday, all members of the University who have not yet done so should immediately see that their names, classes, degrees, and addresses, both at College and at home, as printed on these lists, are correct, in order that no mistakes may be made in the annual Catalogue. Errors should not be corrected on the proof sheets, but should be reported as follows: in the College, Scientific and Graduate School lists at University 2; and in the Law School lists at the delivery desk in the reading room...
Stanley Cunningham '77 died very suddenly of cerebral hemorrhage at his home in Cohasset last Thursday afternoon. Mr. Cunningham was formerly a very successful broker and had retired to Cohasset with his family. He was a member of the Exchange Club of Boston...