Word: placing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...that the Annuals are over, the University crew will begin their long pulls, in place of the two short ones they have taken daily. They leave for Saratoga as soon after Commencement as possible - probably not later than the 29th inst., - and while at the lake their quarters will be at the old Schuyler homestead, about three miles from Saratoga...
...practically ends the connection of the Class of '74 with Harvard University. To say that it will be missed is not to say too much. It has done well by every College interest. Its place, indeed, will be filled, but what it has done will remain behind it to testify of its ability and enterprise in all good works. The record of the class is in some respects remarkable. While not behindhand in good scholarship, it has chiefly excelled in the direction of athletic sports. In boating matters particularly it has ably sustained the reputation of Harvard, and the success...
...purpose of saving himself mental labor, what does the preacher gain by such a picture? For who indeed ever sits down in his study - and few men can be their real selves there - and deliberately writes out a description of heaven, without making that happiest of all places "a land flowing with milk and honey"? That expression meant a great deal of one kind of happiness when it was addressed to an Oriental people thousands of years ago; but to many a person, milk and honey are altogether too distasteful to make any place desirable...
...probable that Mr. Sumner's library will not be broken up, but placed in alcove 38. Unfortunately there is no more conspicuous place for so worthy a gift; but the library is quite full, and the number of books has increased so rapidly that there is now great need of an addition. In many instances it has been found necessary to heap the books on the floor. Files of important newspapers have to be stowed in out-of-the-way places, and we hear there is no room on the shelves for a dozen additional volumes. If an addition...
...Sunday Dutch 19 takes place in the Chapel...