Word: interest
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lecture room of the Jefferson Physical Laboratory was filled yesterday afternoon by an audience which listened with the greatest interest to Dr. Wheeler's lecture upon the later history of the Parthenon...
...faculty doubtless have good reason for their secrecy, but the inevitable result is that many reports are now rife in the college, of which some may be true but most are probably false. Much dissatisfaction is expressed because of the delay. The matter is of such vital interest to all undergraduates that their impatience is justifiable. Nevertheless we would urge the necessity of caution in criticizing the action of the faculty. The hints dropped by the professors mentioned above have been very vague and have come mostly as warning, so too much reliance must not be placed upon them...
...simplicity of its form should prevent many complications from arising in the running of the club. The objects of the club are to give a cordial welcome to Exeter men entering Harvard, to unite more closely the Exeter men already in Harvard, and to create an increased interest in Harvard at Exeter. The constitution provides for meeting once a month and for a dinner at least once a year. Anyone connected with Harvard University, who has been a member of Exeter, is eligible for membership in the club. Provision was made for the election of honorary members. The officers...
...very little time remains before Professor Parks will send his exhibit to Paris. We urge, therefore, all the college papers, clubs and societies to take a lively interest in the matter, and if they have done nothing as yet, immediately to do all that they can to insure Harvard an exhibit worthy her place among the other American colleges...
...Atlantic Monthly for March is fully up to the standard of the recent numbers in the variety and interest of its articles. The serials, "Passe Rose," by A. S. Hardy, and "The Tragic Muse," by Henry James, fully sustain the interest of their first chapters. American history occupies a large share of the number. John Fiske contributes a paper on "Ticonderoga, Bennington and Oriskany," and Frank G. Cook, one on "Some Colonial Lawyers and their Work." Treating in more recent events is an article entitled "Personal Reminisences of William H. Seward," by his private secretary, Samuel J. Barrows...