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...cost it has been found possible to substitute a neater and more durable cover than the old flexible one; and the change in the color is a noticeable improvement. To the artistic eye the color adopted may not, perhaps, be exactly crimson in shade; still it is very much nearer than before and about as near the mark as such attempts usually come. Complimenting the publisher and compiler for the material appearance, let us look inside and see what new information it contains. First of all, each student interested in the combined growth and prosperity of the university turns...
...classical name could give it. Entering Appian Way from Brattle street we cannot overlook the fine building on the left, which speaks so well for the success and prosperity of the now famous Harvard Annex. The building is a regular old "stager" in its way, a frame structure, nearer the shape of a cube than of anything else, painted a dirty yellow with white trimmings, and generally beautiful, one of the remnants of past ages (appropriate, some have called it), like so many other of the old standard houses that one finds in Cambridge. However imposing such an exterior...
...party, and also that the grime and general slime of the uniforms of the band was severely anathematized by members who realized too truly that distance lends enchantment to the view, and who saw themselves vanquished by men in civilians costume, simply because they were able to get nearer than ten feet to the representatives of the fair sex. The band returned in a barge, reaching the college buildings about...
...students in the two upper classes, those directly interested in the matter, have signed it. To make it evident to the faculty that the desire for a small number of subjects is universal, every man who has not signed should do so. Each name counts, and the nearer a complete list of the possible names is obtained the better. To give men who have not signed an easier chance of doing so the petition will be placed in the auditor's room at Memorial Hall during the lunch and dinner hours on Monday. After that it will be kept...
...years, and especially since 1867, takes another great step forward. The incoming Freshmen Class is privileged beyond any class which has preceded it. For them the scheme of studies for freshman year, hitherto entirely compulsory, has been made mostly optional, the amount only being fixed; and Harvard becomes even nearer than before a real university. The plan which is subject to some slight changes as necessity and experience determine is here described in full...