Word: numberous
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...number of letters, in connection with the improvement of the track team, were received and discussed...
...extermination of such animals as used to be abundant throughout the country. This destruction, he said, is continually going on among all animals, but is especially noticeable among birds. Reports from all sections of the country show that there is a decrease of more than fifty per cent. The number of birds and animals exterminated within a few years is already large, and the prospects of the speedy destruction of many more is imminent...
...rules will soon be formulated to govern these matters. In the past, no system whatever has been followed. Captains of teams have, if they chose, sent photographs which have been hung up, often without any inscription whatever. Hence there is considerable confusion with regard to a number of photographs. The committee will, as rapidly as possible, make an inventory of all photographs and trophies now in the Trophy Room; for the location of others the committee asks the assistance of undergraduates and all who are interested in the fitting-up of a thoroughly creditable Trophy Room...
...Professor Shaler will give an address on the history of the society, and Mr. William T. Hornaday of the New York Zoological Society, will deliver a lecture on "The Preservation of our Native Animals." Most of the tickets have already been disposed of, but a limited number may still be had on application to W. L. W. Field, 58 Hastings. After the lecture, the members of the society and a few invited guests are asked to meet Mr. Hornaday in University...
...various branches of natural history, having general meetings every month. Since then membership has steadily increased till now it is over seventy. Public meetings, at which eminent men deliver lectures on subjects of more popular interest are also held annually. The list of members contains a large number of the distinguished graduates of Harvard...