Word: likenesses
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...typical college has something like the following: Greek, 11; Latin 11; mathematics, 12; history, 5; physics, 4; natural history, 2; French, 3; German, 3; political economy, 3; political science, ethics, etc., 3; philosophy and logic, 3; total, 60. That is, Harvard College offers nearly eight times as many exercises per week in the various branches of human science as the ordinary classical college...
...before. This rule bars many men from taking the course, and is especially hard on the seniors, some of whom want to take the course as a preparation for their future life. We hope the restriction now put upon English 10 will be take off, and the course made like any of the other electives. It would certainly be a great convenience to many men, and other precautions could be taken to keep the course from getting over-crowded...
...Harvard can hope to make a favorable showing. Now, if ever, in the first years of this sport, is the time when Harvard must decide whether or not it will take the rank in cricket which it already holds in other athletics. And in connection with this, we should like to speak of another kindred matter. In the evening there will be a dinner given to the Pennsylvania cricketers. This dinner should be largely attended by the college men; nor must we let any ill-feeling, owing to the treatment received by the nine at Philadelphia, interfere with the cordial...
Again, every senior is regularly assaulted, by persons who have no kind of claims, for Class Day tickets. Each senior thinks, perhaps, that one or two yard tickets will make no difference. At any rate, he does not like to refuse a polite and seemingly slight request. If each senior gives away only two tickets in that way, some five hundred people who are "nobody's friends" come to Class Day and increase the too large crowd. Giving seniors a sufficient pretext for refusing such request for tickets was another reason for making the phrase so sweeping...
...yard is trampled all over every day by these irrepressible youngsters; they gather in swarms whenever the Glee Club sings, and on Wednesday they used Holmes Field as a play-ground while the cricket match was going on, got in everybody's way, and yelled and hooted like young demons. Not content with this, a crowd of them took possession of Jarvis Field and played a game of base-ball there, refusing to give up the grounds to some students who wished to practice. It is small use for the college authorities to hang out a sign warning...