Word: placing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...think that the tedious ceremonies of Commencement Day might well be divided. On one day the parts might be spoken; on another the degrees might be given out; while the graduates' dinner, etc., might take place on a third. The childish performances of Class Day - the dance about the tree and its companion follies - might well be abolished; and if the oration and poem were deemed worthy of perpetuation, they could be delivered either with the College parts, or on a separate occasion. On another day a concert in the Sanders Theatre would be an agreeable event. The various spreads...
...that everybody will be satisfied with the picture is an exceedingly difficult task. Four years is our generation, and no two generations are alike. Haunts, habits, and customs change with more rapidity than is generally recognized. The one thing that remains fixed is the tone of the place; and this indefinite atmosphere, which certainly exerts an influence on succeeding classes, can be explained in words only by a peculiar genius. Tom Hughes had this genius, and he has put into his book the tone of an English university; no one has yet been able to do the same...
...first assembly will probably be on the 13th of December, in Union Hall, Cambridgeport. Mr. A. C. Tower has taken the place of Mr. W. N. Swift, manager, resigned...
...sale in about ten days. The size and appearance of the book will be the same as last year, save that no advertisements will be introduced into the body of the work. Some of the matters of little interest will be omitted, and in its place will be published a complete list of the students of the University, conveniently arranged for reference. Students, whose names or addresses are omitted in the Catalogue, or incompletely or incorrectly printed, are earnestly requested to send, as soon as possible, a postal card, with the correct information, to "The Harvard Index," Cambridge. As usual...
...unsuspecting to that effect. In the present case the change is not one that could cause much trouble, but it would be quite an unpleasant surprise to one who intended to pursue a course in Fine Arts with ardor to find that Mechanics had been put in its place. Is the elective system meant to work in two ways: we choosing what we wish to take, and then the professors what they wish to give us? I remain...