Word: letterings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Best single reference: Cleveland's Letter of Acceptance, Sept. 8 (in the daily press...
...secretary then proceeded to the reading of a letter from the members of last year's graduate committee, in which the committee said that it deemed the re-election of a graduate governing board for the crew to be inadvisable, because, first, the control of the crew was taken from the hands of the undergraduates, to whom it belonged; and, secondly, by this removal of the responsibility the interest in the work and success of the crew was lessened. The committee deprecated the state of affairs last year when they felt as thought they lacked the moral support...
...conclusion of the reading of the committee's letter, Mr. Brooks spoke briefly in the interest of Harvard's athletics. The blame, he said, for the defeat of our athletic teams was too apt to be put upon one man, whereas the responsibility of the success or non-success of any organization should be shared by the college. Lately there has been an undertone of discontent with the workings of the different teams, which has shown itself in perpetual grumbling and fault-finding. If we expect to win on the athletic field, we must work together, the college with...
...seeks to refute. "The Site of Old Fort Massachusetts" and "A Trip from New York to Niagara in 1829" are both exceedingly vivid and interesting contributions, the latter being taken from the diary of the famous author and journalist, Colonel William Leete Stone, who died in 1844. "An Unpublished Letter of John Adams" and "A Boston Newspaper of the Revolution" speak for themselves and the rest of the number is well worth a perusal. The book notices, as usual, are useful criticisms on good books; they are always a delightful feature in this magazine...
...following is a clipping from a letter written by a Harvard graduate to the Spirit of the Times. Lack of space alone prevents our publishing the letter in its entirety...