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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...necessary to urge every Andover man to attend the meeting and take hold of the plan with a vigor which will insure its speedy consummation. It would indeed be a strange thing if Andover men did not display that enthusiasm for which they are so well known in a matter which is so intimately associated with the good of the old school they all love, and which, we confidently believe, will knit closer the bond between Phillips and Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/8/1889 | See Source »

...during which time I made its moral and religious tone a study, I concluded that the fears of my friends were unfounded, and, furthermore, that their ideas had been distorted by such articles as the one written by Quest for the North American Review. Unwilling, however, to rest the matter on my own experience, I interviewed several graduate divinity students, all of whom I found agreed with me. Among the students in the philosophical department, I met Mr. Delabarre, who, independently of me, had been looking into this subject. He also reached the conclusion that Harvard had been wronged. Then...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Religious Life at Harvard. | 3/6/1889 | See Source »

...University and class crews have been very energetic in taking advantage of the open weather and getting on the water. For many years no crews have been able to be on the river as early as this, and it is a matter of congratulation that this year the weather has not been severe enough to keep the river frozen over for any length of time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/5/1889 | See Source »

...election of the Yale Lit. board took place a few days ago. After considerable preliminary discussion, a vote was taken which resulted in the election of Messrs. Crosby, Sage, Colton, and Hurd, and in a tie between Messrs. Opdyke and Beckford. After another ballot with a like result the matter was left pending for settlement till some future...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yale Lit. | 3/5/1889 | See Source »

...whom they were sent they were supposed to be all right and were used with extremely unfortunate results. The damage to the buildings is not at all like that first reported, and can be made good for $25 or less. The faculty met Tuesday, but postponed action in the matter of penalties...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Trouble at Wesleyan. | 3/1/1889 | See Source »

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