Word: objective
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Philadelphian Society, encouraged by the success of the summer school of Northfield, Mass., carried on under its direction for two years, has determined to continue the experiment this summer. The primary object of the school is for Bible study. Mr. Moody is to conduct the school as here-tofore, and Dr. McKenzie of Cambridge and Professor Harper of Yale will speak at some of the meetings. As is stated in another column, the school is not for religious purposes alone but is intended to afford all the physical recreation that can be had in a well situated camp. The opportunities...
...York Harvard Club, through its committee on literature and art, has issued a circular calling for contributions of Harvard memorabilia for the club library. The object of the committee is to secure complete sets of all reports by committees appointed by the college, of all reports of the president and treasurer in all departments of the college, files of college publications, catalogues of societies, class-day and commencement programmes, tickets, etc. For purposes of exchange duplicates will be welcomed. The call is signed by Luigi Monti, Albert H. Cutler, and Evart Jansen Wendell...
...explorations. The honor is one which Harvard should feel proud of, and it behooves the University to lend its co-operation in the form of subscriptions to the fund. We trust that the sum of money necessary for the undertaking may soon be collected. The object is a worthy one and opens up a field of honor and usefulness to the American representative, in which we hope he will be eminently successful...
...threat of the Yale faculty to abolish all intercollegiate contests in the future has created a great deal of excitement among the students. It is tacitly understood, however, that as the faculty do not in any way object to the contests in themselves but to the general disturbances resulting from a victory, if the students will pledge themselves to restrain their ardor in the celebrations, the faculty will let the matter drop. In order to insure the continuance of all intercollegiate games, the students have themselves taken the proposition in hand and have set about organizing a special college police...
Although base-ball is at present the predominating object of interest to the University, yet with the near approach of the intercollegiate athletic games there is manifest a liverly curiosity and anxiety as regards the strength and capabilities of Yale upon the track. Our class games have been unusually spirited and exciting this year. In the upper-class games Berger, '88 S., broke the amateur record in the 80 yards hurdle by covering the distance in 11 3-5s. In the freshman games Weare, '90 S., broke the Yale record in the two-mile bicycle race by finishing...