Word: plains
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Gustavus Hay, of Jamaica Plain, has given to the Library, in fulfillment of the request of her husband, the late Gustavus Hay, of the Class of 1850, M.D. 1857, a number of mathematical books collected by him. These form a remarkably well-chosen collection of valuable standard works on various branches of mathematics. Many of these works, which are already in the main Library, will be welcome additions to the library of the Department of Mathematics...
...Ingersoll Lectureship was established by the will of Miss Caroline Haskell Ingersoll, of Keene, N. H., in 1893. It was provided that a lecture upon "The Immortality of Man" should be delivered and published annually. Last year Rev. Charles F. Dole '68, of Jamaica Plain, spoke on "The Hope of Immportality: our Reasons...
...subscriptions. Considerably less than half of the amount due has been paid in, and the total amount subscribed so far, $10,795, is much below the average. The report of the 1907 class Treasurer shows a total available fund of $15,039 received from 408 subscribers. It is plain that if 1908 is going to come up to the record set by last year's class a large sum will have to come in during the next few weeks, in the form of pledges from the many delinquents and prompt payments from the other members of the class. Seniors...
...report for the year 1872-3 President Eliot says, "The gymnasium of the University is completely outgrown . . . it is not possible to enlarge the building with advantage. As the University has plenty of unoccupied land, it would be advisable . . . to erect a plain wooden building and to convert the present gymnasium into a swimming bath. . . . In 1859, when the gymnasium was finished, there were 623 students in Cambridge departments of the University; there...
...necessary to discuss Harvard's being "a rich man's college," as everyone who knows us knows what an utterly silly statement that is. As to the claim that there is favoritism shown towards Eastern men on the athletic teams the same can be said. The plain and simple answer is that the much greater proportion of Eastern men naturally bring a proportional representation on the teams