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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...this we are losing sight of the main reason for games with these nines, which is to give them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/2/1893 | See Source »

...course which proved so popular this spring. The range of subjects will be a wide one, appealing to many different tastes and yet probably interesting to all. Sometimes a single lecture will serve to cover the ground; sometimes it will require several consecutive talks. Mr. Copeland's main object will be to give in a thorough and very concise manner discussions of various subjects in the field of literature which are sought for by the student and yet are not to be had in the regular curriculum. Certain methods of treating the plays of Shakespeare, the acted drama, critical comparison...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/23/1893 | See Source »

...main object is to secure a dining hall of some kind. Those who sign the petition signify their intention of boarding in that hall as long as it proves satisfactory. No one should hesitate to subscribe to this. If after a fair trial the Corporation's plan is shown to be inadequate, it stands to reason that it will be remodelled in the best possible way. Again we would urge the students to take what they can get. The future will decide itself and the only thing to do now is to sign this last petition; no one has anything...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/13/1893 | See Source »

...Thursday evening a hearing was given before the Cambridge city council to the proposition to give the name of "University Avenue" to the long thorough fare consisting of Front, Main and Harvard Streets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/6/1893 | See Source »

...correspondence between Harvard and Yale relative to a third game is published in another column. A careful reading of the letters brings out prominently three main points. In the first place Yale is unwilling to arrange for a tie game unless it can be played before there is any reason to believe that it is necessary. Moreover, she shows no intention or wish whatever to meet Harvard half-way to effect a compromise. Her policy is clearly independent, if not indifrent. Opposed to Yale's position is Harvard's request that a third game, if necessary, shall be played, when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/6/1893 | See Source »

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