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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...comment on the notice which appeared in a recent issue of the CRIMSON, stating that the sophomore dinner must be given up on account of the small number of men who have signed for it. By this the class of '88 are letting go unnoticed one of the oldest Harvard customs. It is quite easy to make the excuse just at this time of annual examinations. But the dinner should have been held early in the spring. It was simply negligence and lack of interest which has delayed the dinner. Let the dinner take place at once...
...early preparations for the celebration of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the university are a pleasing sign of the interest taken by the students in the success of this plan. The oldest and most famous institution of learning in America, numbering among her alumni the most eminent representatives in literature, science, art, politics, and religion will hold an anniversary celebration next fall, which will be a noteworthy event in the annals of the college. The students should remember that the success of the celebration depends, to a great extent, upon the character of the committee...
...call class meetings this week, in order that suitable representatives may be chosen to assist in making plans for the celebration. It is hoped of the co-operation of the alumni and undergraduates thus secured to make the occasion fitting to commemorate the quarter millenium of the oldest and the largest college in the country...
...should not be found fully capable of sustaining the reputation of the only illustrated Harvard paper. We trust that the applications for positions on the Lampoon may outnumber the vacancies to be filled, and that '89 will meet the responsibility imposed upon her by contributing to one of the oldest and best conducted of the college papers...
...reunion of the editors of the Advocate, which was held last evening, was an event which will long be remembered in the history of Harvard journalism. The large number present evidenced the interest which is still felt in the oldest Harvard paper. It is seldom that a college paper is vouchsafed so long a period of activity, and never, perhaps, has any college paper enjoyed such pronounced success throughout its existence as the Advocate. Many of the most prominent men in college during past years have been members of its board; and for nearly a generation the paper has steadily...