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There is very little plot, and the action centres around the four principal characters: Littlewit, a proctor; Busy, a Puritan; Cokes, an esquire of Harrow; and Overdo, a justice of the peace. The scene is laid at Bartholemew Fair, where the characters have gone for recreation. Cokes is buying toys...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Plot and Cast of "Bartholomew Fair" | 2/29/1908 | See Source »

In the leading article, "Debating at Harvard University," Mr. E. R. Lewis sounds an alarm to more than the merely inevitable candidates for this branch of activity. He urges men of wide interests, as well, to participate. His plea is undoubtedly earnest and timely, though one could wish that what...

Author: By H. DEW. Fuller ., | Title: Mr. Fuller's Review of Monthly | 1/29/1908 | See Source »

All the iron piping, together with the brass pump-box, for the artesian well at Memorial Hall, has arrived and is now rapidly being placed in position. A wooden tripod has been erected over the well, by means of which the jointed sections of pipe are lowered. As soon as...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Artesian Well Nearly Completed. | 1/20/1904 | See Source »

From the point of view of its general effect on the University the argument is more important and involved. On the one hand it is urged that athletics are an undergraduate's recreation and that the main interest and support is among the undergraduates. Moreover, that it is apt to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RESTRICTION OF ELIGIBILITY TO UNDERGRADUATES. | 1/10/1903 | See Source »

The glass of the two telescopes is of the finest French make. The mirror is four inches thick, for any plate would probably change its shape from expansion or flexure. The telescopic tube is jointed so as to be air-tight throughout and at the eye-piece. Its material is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A New Telescope. | 3/6/1889 | See Source »

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