Word: petitioner
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Experience has taught us that any digression from the beaten track of college custom, no matter how advantageous or how necessary, can only be accomplished by continuous agitation. The editors of the CRIMSON have there-fore decided to bring the question of electric lights for the library directly before the...
The following circular will be sent tomorrow morning to every member of the faculty. instructor and student in the college. The editorial in this morning's issue will explain more fully the reason for starting the petition:-
Dear Sir:- The editors of the CRIMSON, convinced of the desire among the instructors and students of Harvard College to have the Library lighted during the evening, and confident that the Corporation will think favorably of the plan if it is brought directly before their notice, ask your co-operation...
"The more liberal policy recently adopted by the Harvard board of overseers in permitting the nine to play with professional teams as petitioned by their alumni all over the country, is another striking proof of the influence that alumni associations may have in settling undergraduate difficulties. In this particular instance...
Pardon me for reviving that threadbare subject of lights in the library. My only excuse is that of treating the question from a new point of view. It is, I believe, admitted beyond all doubt that the project of lighting the library by electricity is feasible. Two years ago, if...