Word: interest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...much interest was shown by several of the students after Professor Norton's lecture on Delphi that the Classical club asked Mr. Lawton to tell what has been done since. In response to their invitation he lectured last evening in Sever hall...
...treaty has been made with the government, and to accomplish this money is needed. Contributions have been sent in all the way from $500 to $1 both from individuals and colleges. Even the public schools of Boston are contributing. But Harvard College stands in a unique position and much interest is taken in what she will subscribe. In five years she has hadthree directors and one chairman in the society. The Ins itute is working hard to secure the required amount of some $80,000, and if they do not succeed in the next six weeks the United States will...
...better surely that roomrent should be reduced with the college surplus, than that it should be expended in adornment. Any improvements will of course be welcome if they are made in a proper way. As between even a slight reduction of room rent and an iron fence, however, self interest would dictate the choice of the former. The college, we doubt not, is too wise to pursue any other course...
...second College Conference meeting will be held this evening in Sever. This meeting promises to be of unusual interest and should attract a large number of men from the fact that the president of the college will talk on what students can do for the college. It needs no assurance in these columns that whatever President Eliot shall say to the students will be well worth listening to, and upon this subject his remarks will be of especial interest. There are none of us who have not the welfare of Harvard at heart primarily, and we should all welcome...
Shall America undertake the excavation of this spot, the richest perhaps in practical and historical associations of any in Greek lands, or shall she allow Germany or France to step in and take the honor? This is a question which should be of deep interest to Harvard students...