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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Yale News got out a very excellent extra on Saturday last, whose main feature were some well executed cuts of the proposed new gymnasium and various ground plans. The diagrams were accompanied by a detailed statement of the interior arrangement of the gymnasium and of the money required for its erection. Copies of the paper were sent to graduates throughout the country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 6/22/1886 | See Source »

...south door, the exit from the north door. The same tickets will be good for the Hemenway Gymnasium after 6 o'clock p.m., and there will be no admission without tickets. There will be dancing in the Gymnasium from 8 to 11 p.m. The entrance will be at the main entrance of the building, the exit at the side door facing the common...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard College. | 6/17/1886 | See Source »

...main idea in having lectures in contemporaneous history should be not so much to make men acquainted with the events which are happening before their eyes. as to enable them to read newspapers and periodicals with understanding. It is comparatively easy to have a fair knowledge of what is happening in the world, but it is often quite difficult to know the significance of those events, or to understand the great questions which agitate the public mind. It would therefore be valuable to all if some instructors would give a few lectures on the most important events and questions which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/2/1886 | See Source »

...rather than for doing any public work. Its membership consists of instructors connected with the Classical Department of the University, of graduate students in Philology, and of students who, having taken second year honors in Classics, or having entered on advanced standing from some other college, are devoting their main attention to classical work. Honorary members may occasionally be elected. The objects of the society are two-fold: to promote social intercourse between the instructors and the students of the Classical Department, and to encourage original work among the student members. The club holds biweekly meetings, alternately at the rooms...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Classical Club. | 5/12/1886 | See Source »

...from its supply of blood. In the latter, the cause of unconsciousness is concussion or vibration of the brain. It is a mistake to elevate the head or pour liquid down the throat in faintness; the middle of the body, on the contrary, should be elevated. The main thing to do in cases of stunning is to keep the patient at rest, and aid the breathing. Here also, no fluid should be given; especially are ammonia and alcoholic stimulants dangerous. The application of external warmth is excellent. Sprains and bruises are smaller injuries. A part that is sprained should...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Cheever's Lecture. | 5/5/1886 | See Source »

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