Word: letters
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...will be seen by the letter of the president, which we publish to-day, that the proposed reforms in the Monday lunch have not yet been introduced. As notice was given that the changes would take place, and as certain changes did take place on last Monday, we hope we may be pardoned for supposing that the beef pie in question was the great reform which we had been promised...
...price of board, the letter of the president explains the cause of the present low price. If, however, the board is required not to exceed $4.00, we would suggest that next year the management sees that the catalogue, instead of stating that the price should not exceed $4.50, should be corrected...
...meeting last night was a small one, owing to the state of the weather. It was called to order by President Adams at 7.30, who read Prof. White's letter. The following gentlemen were then elected to the conference committee: Messrs. E. R. Thayer, Pierce, Garrison and Lund. Mr. Adams also read a letter from the manager of the crew stating that about half the necessary amount for sustaining it has been raised, and that a second subscription will be taken at once. The meeting then adjourned...
...following letter explains itself: CAMBRIDGE...
...writer to the Nation, in the course of a recent communication, takes occasion to make a vigorous attack on the "Bohns," which have, through long use, become such inseparable companions of the students of the two continents. Says this iconoclastic writer: "Professor Good win's letter in the Nation of January 29, on a misrepresentation of Plato's 'Republic' is of value, not only in showing up the immediate mistake, but in adding weight to the disesteem deserved in general by the translations in Bohn's library. So many persons unable to read the originals read these translations believing them...