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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...announcement of Mr. Gosse's lecture drew out one of the largest audiences that has ever been collected in Sanders theatre. By half-past seven every seat on the floor and in the first gallery was taken, and later the second gallery also was filled up. Those who came last thus found themselves unfortunately situated. for Mr. Gosse, though better in this respect than any other English lecturer who has visited us, could only be imperfectly heard at times in the back of the hall. In other respects Mr. Gosse's delivery was unusually good. His voice was pleasing...
...order that the high stand of college libraries in the country may be seen, their rank is given with relation to the whole number of libraries in the United States. For sake of reference the twelve largest libraries are added, and among them are found the libraries of both Harvard (third) and Yale (eighth...
...intend to support the eleven tomorrow in their game with Yale, must sign the book at Bartlett's before ten o'clock to day. In order to obtain the largest reduction in the cost of the tickets, forty-nine men must go down to New Haven. We do not believe there will be any great difficulty in getting this number of names; in fact we should be very much surprised if only forty-nine men went. The foot ball team has worked hard this year, harder, perhaps, than in any former year. The chances against them have been difficult...
...number of ladies in the audience on Saturday, was the largest which has attended any foot ball game in Cambridge this fall...
...four years of his college course. It is a confession that ought to shame a man, and we wonder that anyone should care to make it. The library is without doubt the most useful and valuable institution connected with the University. It is one of the two or three largest libraries in the country. That a student should go through college without once drawing books from it, it indeed surprising. Nothing can be easier than using the library, with such a complete and convenient catalogue and such a simple method of drawing books. The library might do half the educational...