Word: numbers
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...only slight additional expense, the Library could take this burden upon itself. It already has a fine collection of magazines, which are much read, and some daily papers, which are seldom seen, as they are kept on file in a closet; these would go far towards making up the number of periodicals needed. The old delivery-room in Gore Hall is nearly empty, and could easily be turned into a reading-room, to which students could have access whether the Library was open or not. It could not be lighted in the evening; but lack of money prevents the present...
...November number of the Cornell Review is much better than usual; the articles are shorter and more interesting. Perhaps this may be due to the fact that there is now a lady on the editorial board. On boating matters the Review says: "The latest from Harvard is that our challenge will be accepted on condition that the race be rowed at New London. Our directors will agree to this, and at once put into training a score of the best oarsmen in the University...
...Vassar Miscellany is no longer a college paper, but a monthly magazine. If we can judge from the present number, the change will prove a wise one. The articles are bright and amusing. One young lady writes on the subject, "Has the educated woman a duty towards the kitchen?" and comes to the conclusion that she has. The exchange editress pays her respects to the Courant as follows...
...gone and had a meeting of their own, and found it not so bad after all. One Reverend gentleman acted as Referee and others presented prizes, one of which was in the substantial form of a barrel of apples. The subjects of some of the articles in the present number of the Index are of a very general character, such as "Poetry," "Truth," "Wit and Humor." These subjects are taken up and disposed of in a column or two each. We are glad to see that the editors are liberal enough to ridicule the Oberlin crusade against billiards...
...number of students is two thousand. Their rooms are considerably larger as a rule than those at Harvard or Yale, and having much fewer books in them appear more like sitting-rooms than studies. In a view that is given of the interior of a student's room the freedom from overcrowding, either with furniture or smaller objects, is especially noticeable...