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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...representatives here in college of all the other large preparatory schools Men who have come from Phillips Exeter, in particular, ought to be doing something to further the interests of Harvard in their academy. For a long time Exeter was the great feeding school of Harvard, but during the past few years the Exeter delegation has decreased in number to a great extent and simply because the Exeter men in other colleges have offered to their hesitating brethren what seemed to be greater advantages than are to be found among us. We understand fully how zealous every Harvard...
...Mott Haven team which won the cup for Harvard last May. The book of this year has twenty-five pages more than that of last year, this additional space being filled with the records mentioned above, the names of new clubs (principally "State clubs" formed in the past year), and sundry other information. The book, of course, has the usual information published-the names and addresses and homes of every one connected with the University; complete memberships of all the clubs; names and positions of all the men on athletic teams; records of all athletic contests which took place last...
...Government aid for irrigation has not been necessary in the past.- Congressional Record, speeches of Allison and of Forney...
...This concert. as preliminary to the ones which will be given in the West during the holidays by the Glee and Banjo clubs, affords an excellent opportunity for every one to judge for himself the merits of a representative Harvard organization, and to compare it with similar ones of past years. A quantity of new songs and new airs have been introduced into repertoire of the Glee Club, and its members have practiced them together faitbfully this fall. The mere fact that the Pierian Sodality, which will be unable to go on the Western tour, will join in the concert...
...manner of keeping accounts, and although perfection has not by any means been attained, we have every reason to expect that hereafter the expenses of our athletic organizations will not be shrouded by the impenetrable veil of mystery and secrecy which has been far too common in the past. It is pleasant to know that for once not a single athletic team is in debt, and that all have some surplus in the treasury. Indeed, good financial management has now become an important factor in the success of all athletic teams, and one of the purposes of the auditing committee...