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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Harvard Union has already proved that it is no longer the feeble, lifeless society of past years, and the new enterprise which it has undertaken shows that its energy is not yet exhausted. The society has now arranged to have books reserved at the library for convenience of reference upon the various topics of debate. Several shelves in the alcove of the English department in the reading room are assigned to the Union, and as soon as each subject for debate is announced the leading books and magazine articles relating to the question will be collected there. In this...
...years past the Harvard freshmen teams have beaten the Yale elevens, once at Cambridge, and once at New Haven. The team this year has the advantage of playing on its own grounds, which is one reason at least why it should be victorious. The contest is more than a class contest; it represents in a way the college itself, and this is the is the strongest reason why the freshmen should make every effort to win it. We urge the team to improve every hour of the time that remains, and we wish the best success in the contest next...
...first regular meeting of the Princeton Club of New York for the season of 1888-9 was held at the Hotel Brunswick, on Fifth Avenue, last evening at half-past seven. The meeting began with a course dinner and at its conclusion considerable important business bearing on the interests of the university and the club was discussed. A large number of names were presented for membership. The men thus proposed, after paying an initiation fee of five dollars were admitted. Among the after dinner speeches there was much enthusiasm evinced concerning the recent Harvard-Princeton game...
...evidently was not clearly understood where the bond was to be deposited, nor before what hour it was to be made out, so as a result the gangways were taken away and the floats put in readiness to be hauled up before the bond was made out. In past years when the float has been left down it has been at the request of the 'Varsity crew, who have furnished a bond on their surplus, but as the '90 crew had to get their bond from another source, it could not be obtained in time to do any good...
About fifty graduates of Yale gathered in Springfield Tuesday night to attend the alumni dinner of the Yale alumni of Western Mass. The Hon. W. S. Shurtleff presided. President Dwight was received with great applause and in his address praised the work of the university in the past and spoke of the future prospects and plans. After the conclusion of Pres. Dwight's address, Senator Davis arose and said: "Our alma mater was never so strong, never so full of vigor, although in her two hundredth year, as she is today. The older she grows the younger...