Word: obtaining
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THERE seems to have been some misunderstanding among the students in regard to the number of marks necessary for a degree. That an average of 50 per cent must be obtained for the whole course, and that the average for Senior year must be 50 per cent, all know. But many students have been in doubt whether it was necessary to obtain this mark on each study, or whether a general average was all that was required. We have the authority of the Registrar to state that the latter is the case. A Senior who obtains less than...
...disposed of by surrendering them at the Bursar's office. By means of the new regulations we may look forward to a more just division of vacant rooms this year. As the number of applicants will be considerably smaller than heretofore, the chances of those who desire to obtain rooms for their own occupancy will in consequence be greater, while the speculation in rooms which was rapidly becoming a public disgrace will be prevented...
COLLEGE workmen are clearing the elms on the east side of Gore Hall to obtain space for the intended addition to the east wing of the Library, and as soon as the frost is out of the ground the work on the foundation will be begun. This intended addition will change the appearance of the hall by making the length of the building extend from west to east instead of from north to south...
...Wiley, '77, then won the prize for exercises on the horizontal bar, performing some difficult feats in a very graceful manner. The lightweight wrestling, between Messrs. Brett and Latham, then took place. The first bout, lasting twenty-five minutes, was spent in manoeuvring to obtain a hold; Mr. Latham finally threw his opponent, after an exciting struggle, in which Mr. Brett had the under-hold. In the second bout Mr. Latham threw Mr. Brett on his hands and knees, but as this was not a fall, and as the match had already occupied so much time, its conclusion was postponed...
...told that if success in this project crown the efforts of Harvard men, "a meed of praise would be awarded them greater even than they would obtain were they to bear off the honors at the next Saratoga contest." Here, then, is an opportunity for Harvard to distinguish herself! With what pride should we say to the victors at Saratoga: "You have won the race, but we have supplied mental nourishment for our Wellesley sisters...