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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Faculty. The Harvard Union is fortunate in having Professor Shaler to preside at the coming debate. The committee of judges to select the best twelve speakers will be composed largely of faculty members and that a perfectly fair decision will be given goes without saying. The members of the old Union interested in the reorganization of the society have gone about their work with good judgment and commendable fairness. There is every reason to believe that their efforts will meet with success. Good notice has been given of the subject of the debate and ample time for preparation. The competition...
...George Wheatland of Salem, Massachusetts died yesterday at his home from old age. He graduated from Harvard at the age of eighteen and afterwards studied law with the late Leverett Saltonstall. He was always active in public life, and devoted to his profession in which he had amassed a great fortune. Mr. Wheatland served in the Salem Common Council in 1841 and in the board of Aldermen in 1842-43. He was a brother of Dr. Henry Wheatland, the president of the Essex Institute...
...Varsity Glee Club is doing hard work in preparation for engagements already made for the last of this month and the first of March. From this on indefinitely, rehearsals will be held three times a week. The old song "Rhine Wine" which has always been so popular as an opening chorus will be taken up again together with the "Northman's Song" which has not been sung since the spring of ninety-one. The Club has among its new candidates several excellent voices, and the prospects for good work this spring are at present very bright. The men are taking...
...which divide the class into endless cliques and to meet on a common level. While we may not regret on the whole that class feeling is not to-day of the same strength and character which was common to classes of fifty years ago, still there are a few old customs like the junior dinner which we can well cling to. We hope the proper persons will take this matter in hand at once, and see that it is carried...
There are so many crews training at this season of the year that the old rowing machines in the gymnasium have been found insufficient for all. This has lately caused much inconvenience and to do away with it there have been some new machines placed in the Carey building. These are chiefly for the use of the 'varsity crew...