Word: interesting
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...course of lectures on "Historic Harvard," such as was suggested in the communication to yesterday's CRIMSON, could not fail to be very popular. The interest which the undergraduate feels in this subject is shown by the favorable reception given to "Harvard by an Oxonian." If an account of the University by a stranger has proved so acceptable, how much greater would be the interest in a course of lectures by some of the men who have themselves seen Harvard as she was in the old times, and have lived in constant and intimate association with her history and traditions...
...Sargent's new game, which has been named holeball, has been played every evening this week. It has aroused much interest, not only among the men who have played it, but also among those who have seen it. The game has been played by about twenty-four men, although this number can be increased or diminished without any trouble...
...must appear to every one that a course of lectures on "Historic Harvard" would be most instructive and delightful. Our interest in the past would be increased, our love for Harvard and her traditions deepened, and our life for the short time we are here be made more full of association and sentiment. Can we not turn the present enthusiasm for lectures and lecturers to account? We do not need to go outside of Cambridge for the very men most suited for this task. What more pleasing and fruitful subject could a speaker choose than "Harvard in the Past...
...most important event of the last month in college life at Princeton was the joint debate with Harvard held on March 27th. Great interest was manifested in it both by the students and faculty, and it was clearly shown that the interest in literary contests is not inferior to that of athletics. A very large audience was present, and close attention was paid to the speakers, who were frequently applauded. While the result was not what Princeton had hoped for, every one who heard the debate was satisfied that the decision of the judges was eminently just. The arguments advanced...
...first preliminary debate to choose speakers for the contest with Yale will be held this week in the Whig and Cliosophic Societies. A large number of men have entered these trials, almost double the number that entered the preliminaries for the Harvard debate, and, judging by the interest shown and the preparations that are being made, the contest will be a good...