Word: indexes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Cycling Association meet will take place today at 3.30. The well known names among the entries are sufficient index of the success of the races...
...book one finds that besides being delighted with a story, one is learning lessons, unconsciously learned, but valuable still. It is the faithful record of what may be seen and heard in the world of nature by one who will use his eyes and ears. There is an excellent index at the end of the book...
...wish to protest against the carelessness in editing which distinguishes the Harvard Index for this year. One example is sufficient. On page 112 it is stated that Hon Geo. Bancroft, 17; Rev. F. A. Farley, '18; Rev. Wm Withington, '21; Geo. Peabody, '23; Rev. A. B. Muzzey, '24; Rev. F. H. Hedge, '25; Dr. Henry I. Bowditch, '28; and John O. Sargent, '30; are class secretaries or surviving members of their classes. They are all dead...
...communication which we publish in another column in regard to this year's Index is only one instance of the many complaints we have heard in regard to the many inaccuracies in the book. It is unfortunate that the book has been compiled with such carelessness that grave and inexcusable errors appear on nearly every page. The book is unsafe for public reference...
...Harvard Index for 1892-3 has just appeared. It is edited, as last year, by William II. Wiggin Jr. '92 and is perhaps the most useful book of reference published in connection with the University. There are no great changes in this year's issue; the plan is the same as has previously been used. The material has been thoroughly revised and brought down to date and the work is completed with marvelous accuracy. In the preface Mr. Wiggin calls attention to the formation of ten new clubs and societies. The Greek letter society, Theta Delta Chi has established...