Word: list
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...list of daily arrivals at the New Haven House is an interesting feature of the Yale News...
...cause an increase in the price of board by the addition of a luxury to the regular bill of fare, the present method of serving coffee for dinner was abolished. Next came the question as to whether coffee in smaller cups could not be placed on the order list at a cheaper price than it is at present. This question seemed to have many debatable points, and was subjected to much discussion. Finally a member moved to buy the after-dinner cups, and settle the rest of the question later, but as a majority of the board did not know...
...claim to be the greatest mother of colleges in the Union; at least her brood is more numerous than any other. Kenyon, Oberlin, University of Wooster, Baldwin University, Ohio Wesleyan University, Ohio University (located amid the classic shades of "Athens"), Heidelberg College, Denison University, Wittenberg College, Antioch College - the list is truly apalling. The predominance of the title, "University," in such a list as the above is very significant. Nothing seems to satisfy the vaulting ambition of the Ohio man save a monopoly of national offices and a majority of the universities of the country. The "Ohio idea" evidently extends...
...permanent observatory fund; besides other minor matters of interest. The overseers have been agitated by the question of the restriction of "drunkenness upon the campus at commencement." Under "University Notes," Librarian Sibley's Harvard Necrology is continued, various correction and additions up to date being included in the correct list. The death of Edward Oakes, a graduate of the class of 1679, is now first recorded. The most noted name among Harvard's dead is that of Josiah Quincy, '21. The usual minute and scholarly list of accessions to the library follows, many interesting titles being included. History and geography...
Last week's Congregationalist gives tables showing the number of professing Christians in various colleges. Amherst, according to this authority, leads the list, with Oberlin second and Harvard last...