Word: maine
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Baldwin, H. C., Somerville. Bradley, C. W., 757 Main...
...impossible to get up a decent crew while no one cares to try for it. The present captain is forced to spend most of his time in urging men to join who ought to have volunteered long since, and be now working for old Harvard with might and main. The captain is out daily with a scratch crew, good, bad, and indifferent, and is working hard with such stuff as he can get. The president of the H. U. B. C. and others have told us what a tremendous enthusiasm there is among us; but it is about time that...
...books must be returned to the College Library by the 21st of June. The desk of the Library, which was formerly in the small room, has been moved into the main room. Two large bookcases occupy the east end, and the relics have been packed away...
...will be received for these rooms precisely as they are received before the annual allotment; a drawing will then be made by lot and the result will be published. During the summer this process will be repeated whenever there are rooms put up at the Bursar's office. The main objection to the plan is its inconvenience. The charges of unfairness, which have been made regarding it, are entirely without foundation, for now the last trace of favoritism has disappeared. We are obliged to put up with the inconvenience of the process because of the disgraceful traffic in rooms carried...
...increased use of the Library since the cases of curiosities have been removed from the main room must have been remarked by many, and we hope that when the addition is made to the building the increase will be still greater. But there is one hindrance to the use of the Library which is due to the students themselves; for of late there has been much annoyance caused by the thoughtlessness of some students, who consider the reading-room a place for conversation or animated discussion on some point in their text-books. Discussion is very good in the right...