Word: numbers
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...centennial of Phillips Academy, Andover, which is to be celebrated on Wednesday and Thursday of next week, is rendered of interest to the students of Harvard by the fact of the close connection which has existed between the academy and this college. Of late years the number of boys prepared for Harvard at Andover has somewhat fallen off, but the tide has turned, and now an increasing number in every class find their way to this college...
...admission at this and other colleges. It is proposed to raise at the celebration an endowment large enough to put Andover on a level with the best-equipped schools in the country; and if the attempt should succeed, as succeed it will, Harvard must gain by the increased number of students that will be prepared to enter here...
...would be a great saving of time and trouble if a list of the occupants of the Dormitories, with the numbers of their rooms, were posted on the ground-floors of the different entries. Strangers, especially, are apt to be bewildered; even if they do not forget the number of the room they are looking for, they generally get into the wrong entry, and wander aimlessly around until some one comes to their rescue. The difficult question to answer is, what material is stout enough to resist the attacks of the gentlemen who prowl around in search of trophies. Ordinary...
...times that must be equalled or beaten will be found in the Brevity column; second prizes will be given in all events, provided there be a sufficient number of entries...
There is certainly more interest and enthusiasm shown in athletic sports now than there has been for some time past, and it depends only on ourselves whether or not we shall increase or decrease that interest by the number of men who enter the sports. There are men enough at Harvard who can run and walk and jump; we have plenty of good material; all that is now wanted is a little more energy on the part of athletic men, and a willingness to sacrifice their personal comfort for a time to their physical and even mental good...