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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...purchases to be accomplished post-haste, according to the directions of the inexorable bed-maker or landlady. Most unhappy of all appear the Freshmen who make their purchases under the supervision of an indulgent father, guardian, or uncle, and who seem to say by their conscious and almost guilty look, "Yes, we are Freshmen, but we really cannot help it." It is a curious fact, and one which cannot fail to be observed, that the faste of the Freshmen are nearly always diametrically opposed to the desires of officiating chaperon. Thus one constantly hears fought out, with an energy worthy...
...collection of autographs and manuscripts, although not large is very rich. If you look sharp you will see a small book of Ben Johnson's with this characteristic phrase: Sum Ben Jonsonii. It would take too much space to give even an incomplete list of autographs; here are a few: John Locke, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, William Wordsworth, Robt. Burns, Emanuel Kant, John Dryden, Walter Scott, Edmund Burke. The manuscripts are of still greater interest. A Latin poem by John Milton; a musical composition of Haydn's; a letter from George Washington to Gen. Schuyler; an official document...
...first place we look back upon our record and what do we find? Not very much, it is true, but of such a kind that we can at least be thankful that our record is no larger. Five games have been played and of these two have been lost, or in other words forty per cent, of the games have been defeats. There was a time so many years ago when the college confidently awaited the result of intercollegiate foot ball games. A defeat was a surprise. Within the last few years, however, a defeat at the hands of Yale...
...wonder who he is. Upper classmen see in him the "poco" whose tribe is famous in song. He is at his advertising, and this is his way of doing it,-perhaps because he thinks this the most effective way of showing how second-hand clothes may be made to look...
...proposed at present would receive immediate and enthusiastic attention. Such an enterprise cannot receive too great encouragement nor attain too high a success. We wish the club every good fortune, and feel confident that immediately upon its organization it will meet and fulfill the expectations of the many who look forward to its appearance as a Harvard institution...