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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...bright. Willard, captain of last year's nine, is back, but has signified his determination not to play any more. It is needless to add that Bingham, who pitched last year, will be debarred from playing this season on account of his connection with professional teams during the past summer...
...observed is by no means as clear. The sentiment at Harvard today is very strong against hazing, or anything that partakes of the nature of it, and it is this feeling, and not the fear of punishment, that prevents sophomores to-day from reviving this custom of the past. But in any case the influence resulting from hazing could not be worse than that from "Bloody Monday." The scenes that follow the punches gives the freshman the worst possible impression of the life he is about to enter, and his first impressions are sure to be his strongest ones. Moreover...
...stocked, and managed by directors chosen from the students and instructors, the Directors providing plans for work and a business manager. From a very small beginning the business has grown, so that the average yearly receipts since the Society's organization have been nearly $23,300; those for the past year being...
...this is added the obvious advantage, which members alone have of securing discounts on cash purchases at leading retail stores in Boston. The experience of the past five years makes it safe to say that the member is very exceptional who cannot save several times his membership fee in transactions with these affiliated retail dealers...
...returns from the various colleges of this country show an astonishing increase in the size of the incoming classes. This fact awakens in everyone the realization of the truth that during the past few years the strides made in all the departments of science and literature have been very great, but in no direction has this advance become more manifest than in the progress of learning at the different colleges. The faculties have adopted broader principles, giving the students a larger scope in the selection of studies, and the number of courses in the different schools have been constantly enlarged...