Word: letterings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...disadvantage as it is by the present prohibition. If the faculty is firmly set against professional practice, then they ought to show the courage of their conviction more radically than by simply forbidding our nine to play with professionals. They ought to feel called upon to address a circular letter to the other colleges in the league urging the discontinuance of the present custom. We are convinced that a sober appeal from one faculty to another could not fail of bringing about the desired result. As for our own position in this matter, we are persuaded that base-ball would...
Cornell supports sixteen Greek letter societies, three of which are composed entirely of ladies...
About forty men were present at the meeting of the H. A. A., last evening. A letter was read from Mr. H. S. Clark, the last year's president, and the officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: F. G. Balch. '88, president; J. M. Hallowell, '88, vice-president; E. Sturgiss, '90, secretary; F. B. Lund, '98, treasurer. After the reading of the secretary's and treasurer's reports for the year 1886-7, the meeting adjourned...
...value of historical sources must be viewed through the motives of the writers. A letter written for publication is quite different from one of a private nature. This question, fortunately, is not often a difficult one. There remains the question of the comparative value of an unconscious and a conscious record. The former is a record, pure and simple the latter is apt to be influenced by personal considerations. It cannot, therefore, be so untrustworthy...
...essays must be written upon letter paper, of the quarto size, with a margin of not less than one inch at the top and bottom, and on each side. The sheets on which the essays are written must be securely stitched together...