Word: interests
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...success which the services have met this year has fully equaled that which had attended them in previous years. At no time has there been any indication of a diminution in the interest of either the students or the public. The Chapel has always been filled, sometimes crowded. This success is due in a great measure to the untiring exertions of Professor Peabody; in all that he has done, however, he has been most heartily seconded by the other preachers to the University. To them all the thanks of the students are due, and also to Mr. Locke, under whose...
...very glad to hear that the old Harvard oarsmen, at present members of the Boston Athletic Club, have organized an eight oared crew. The mere fact that the graduates feel so much interest in the success of the 'Varsity crew as to organize an eight for the purpose of giving the 'Varsity practice, is a source of encouragement and an incentive to hard work. And the practical value of such a crew will, we hope, be great. The Athletic club crew is composed entirely of men who have rowed in the 'Varsity boat in the past few years...
...Delta Upsilon Quarterly of February, a magazine of one hundred pages, is of more especial interest to members of the fraternity, but it contains much of interest to an outsider, as it shows the important place which this society holds in the college world. Statistics given show that the fraternity now includes twenty-five active chapters and an alumni membership of 4045. The editorials and news items concern the doings of the various Greek letter societies. The larger part of the number is taken up by letters from the chapters which show that the active chapters...
...late issue of the Boston Herald contained an interesting editorial on the need of exercise among the middle aged men of our land, and some quotations may be of interest...
...doing they will be helping on a very good and useful work. There are undoubtedly many men in college who have quantities of old books and magazines which have accumulated during their college course and which are of no use to them yet will be of great interest to the sick and convalescent in the hospital wards. We hope that when men see this notice, which tells of the work some of our students have undertaken and asks for contributions of books, they will not thoughtlessly pass the matter by, but by giving a little time and, care help...