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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...present in our country, and showed the evils which are constantly caused by them. Each state, said the speaker, has its own divorce law, which is as different from that of the other states as the North Pole is from the South. A man or woman who cannot obtain a divorce in one state has only to remove to some other state where the laws will suit the case in hand. Many attempts have been made to prevent this, but they are unsuccessful in lessening the evil, as the laws are constantly distorted in order to be made applicable...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Harvard Union Debate Last Evening. | 1/11/1889 | See Source »

...them will settle down to the winter training. The number of candidates which have presented themselves for the junior and senior crews speaks well for the work which those classes intend to do. The sophomores need all the new material which it is possible for them to obtain. The men who commenced with the freshman crew are still hard at work, but great dissatisfaction is felt with the eleven. As yet only a small number of them have presented themselves as candidates for the crew. The crews go through the regular system of gymnasium training which it has been customary...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Class Crews Commence Work. | 1/8/1889 | See Source »

FOUND.- Two note books with name Harry Wood. Owner may obtain them at Leavitt and Peirce...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notices. | 12/21/1888 | See Source »

...senior class have received circulars from Secretary Bolles, desiring answers to certain questions as to the courses which the men have taken in college, and the work they intend to pursue after graduation. The purpose of this is to enable the secretary to assist those who wish to obtain situations after leaving college; and he earnestly requeses that every man whether desiring aid or not send a reply, as it may, in the future, be used to the sender's advantage. The secretary has voluntarily assumed this task with considerable trouble to himself, and we urge every senior to show...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/12/1888 | See Source »

...true and broad culture. An abuse too prevalent at Harvard-the nursing system of private tutors-is treated with the open and unqualified contempt it deserves. If the Monthly continues thus ably to discuss matters of great importance for the welfare of the University, it will be certain to obtain a larger influence in directing college sentiment than it has had in the past...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The December Monthly. | 12/10/1888 | See Source »

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