Word: parts
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...this year by the Christian Brethren and St. Paul's Societies, and many other of the students, to preach a course of four sermons during January and February, in St. John's Memorial Chapel. The first will be delivered next Sunday evening, January 16, at 7.30 o'clock. A part of the church will be reserved for students until 7.20, and it is hoped that there will be a large number present...
...DEAR COUSIN SAM, - It is some time since I have written you, having been occupied with Freshman conditions, and with the divine Saidie. The former have taken up nearly all my days, the latter, the best part of my evenings. But I do not intend to criticize her, as you have probably seen enough notices of her. I mean in this letter to give you some hints as to your conduct when you come to Harvard next year. I think I can do so more impartially than any one else now, for I have so nearly reached...
...meeting of the Executive Committee of the Athletic Association on Monday evening, the dates of the winter meetings in the Gymnasium were fixed for the first three Saturdays in March. Posters with a list of events will soon be put up. This early action on the part of the Association is very commendable, and it will give men plenty of time to train for the meetings. Those who desire to succeed should begin at once, if they have not already done so, for the number of men who regularly attend the Gymnasium has largely increased this year, and the improvement...
...according to circumstances, from one-third to two-thirds of the recipient's last annual salary in full activity. The first plan commended itself to a large majority of the instructors; but was opposed, for various reasons, by an influential minority, and at last was rejected by the corporation, partly because it was not acceptable to all the persons intended to be benefited, and partly because it would have devolved upon the corporation the constant care of deposits, large in the aggregate, belonging to individuals in their service, liable consequently to taxation and attachment, and conferring upon the owners...
...Harvard maintain her ancient prestige. When the Annex was first started, it was said that the young ladies were coming to Cambridge simply to be instructed by our professors, and so intimate a connection between the College and the Annex as has come into existence was not a part of the ostensible scheme. To check this tendency of degeneration into coeducation, the first step has been taken; and, if need be, the authorities ought not to hesitate to take the second...