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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...plank-walks and strict economy, and very unfavorable to physicians; but the physicians will have their turn next spring. No plank-walks mean wet feet, wet feet mean illness, illness means the doctor, and the doctor means-well, sometimes one thing and sometimes another. In the spring the yard often contains a system of small rivers, and when the bell rings we see the men coming out of their different halls, swimming slowly across the yard, and at last drawing themselves up on the long piers that reach out from Sever to University. It is a noble sight...
...somewhat filled in recent years by the efforts of some of the college societies; but these efforts have been limited necessarily. To secure any lecture, even those given as a matter of courtesy, involves considerable expense upon the society under whose auspices the lecture is given-an expense which often prevents lectures from being arranged which might not only be of practical value as a means of instruction, but might also be of intrinsic value in themselves, for the advancement of knowledge. Thus were it not for such considerations, we understand that it might be possible (as was proposed last...
...advisability of forming a photographic society, and would like to give, in a few words, my opinion on the matter. There are several uses for such a club. You have mentioned the social gain due to the interchange of opinions on the many difficult questions that so often arise. For photography is no child's play, whatever may be said or written on the subject. But the chief advantage to be gained here in Harvard by such a club is that, should there be enough money in the treasury, a room provided with running water might be hired...
...include the server who delivered the ball with great speed by rather a peculiar motion. I set up my tripod in the midst of the usual crowd of admiring spectators, and pointed it with great care so as to include, as I thought, my "subject." But as is often the case, a little care is worse than none. I had arranged everything to include the server as the (of course) served from one court but I took the picture while she was serving from the other. On developing the plate, I found the striker out with both hands...
...game is demoralizing to the spectators mainly through its brutality; unfair play they usually fail to recognize. We often heard cries of "kill him." "break his neck" "slug him," "hit him," "knock him down," from those around...