Word: letterings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...recent meeting of the Columbia Boat Club it was announced "that in reply to the letter of the Harvard graduates concerning the difficulty between the colleges, the directors' committee had instructed Mr. R. C. Cornell on their behalf to testify to the Harvard gentlemen the appreciation of their generous conduct felt by Columbia men, and to reciprocate the wish that the old mutual good feeling between the colleges be maintained." Mr. A. L. Simonds, '72, is president of the club for the ensuing year; J. K. Bangs, '83, secretary, and R. H. Muller captain...
...letter from Harvard appears in the last Princetonian...
...correspondent writes to the Boston Advertiser criticising the recent action of the board of overseers in passing a vote to revoke any degree within one week after commencement, if cause of complaint is found against the recipient for disorderly conduct. The letter cites abundant legal precedent, and shows the absurdity of the regulation, as being illegal and impossible of execution-a criticism that has occurred to all, we have no doubt, upon first reading the vote...
...learn that we were right in attaching so large an influence to Dr. Crosby's violent utterances against college sports. The press are already beginning to take the question up. A correspondent of the Boston Advertiser, who signs himself "A Victim," waxes very wroth over the subject. His letter is interesting as showing what is the probable temper of many outsiders in the matter. "For one," he cries, "I am rejoiced that at last a man of Dr. Crosby's standing has raised his voice to protest against an abuse which, as I believe, many have long wished to denounce...
...unveiling of the statute of John Bridge, the first settler of Cambridge, will take place on Tuesday next at 3 P. M. on Cambridge common, with exercises as follows: Prayer by Rev. Alexander McKenzie, D. D.; reading of the letter of presentation by George H. Howard, president of the common council; acceptance by Hon. James A. Fox, mayor; address by Col. T. W. Higginson; remarks by President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard College; benediction by Rev. Edward H. Hall of the First Baptist Church. Seats will be provided for a few persons about the statue, and should the weather...