Word: matter
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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Following out the movement started several years ago, to present to the University some sort of memorial of Bishop Brooks' religious work at Harvard, the committee who were placed in charge of the matter have urged the work along very successfully and have recently received most attractive and excellent plans for the memorial building which is to be called "Brooks House." These plans which were drawn by Mr. A. W. Langfellow are now in the hands of the Corporation who will probably approve them soon. It is not likely that ground will be broken this fall, but it now seems...
...undergraduate reception committee and bureau of information to be found for the next three days in University 2. It distributes pamphlets of the different departments and gives information on all subjects of which those who are new to Cambridge are naturally ignorant. Freshmen who are in doubt upon any matter in connection with their college work can save considerable time and energy by consulting this committee...
...building was pushed rapidly, so that in the fall of 1893 the field was used for secret practice, and by the fall of '94 the field and building had reached practically their present condition. The only practical advances that have been made since that time have been in the matter of seats and appointments for the football field and in the grading of adjacent land for the use of the class teams...
...ability of the crew underrated. Indeed we believe that Harvard has a better chance to win the boat race this year than for many years past. But we also think that there has been a too general idea that the crew would win this year as a matter of course; and, believing that over-confidence has been a fruitful cause of previous defeats, we simply wish to point out that the crew has worked under conditions this year which put it at a certain disadvantage, and which will make a victory all the more creditable. We sincerely regret...
...Athletic Committee has been considering for some time the better arrangement of the Trophy Room in the Gymnasium and though it hopes that next year undergraduate action will be taken in the matter, the Committee will itself take the matter up as far as possible...