Word: plans
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...this direction. We have, to be sure, a few purely social societies, others social and literary; but both, the first in particular, are limited in their scope, and of course confined to a certain number. Other means of social enjoyment in college we have not. A Harvard Union, the plan for which was ably set forth in a recent number of the "Crimson," would, setting the debates and literary work aside, do much to promote a better feeling and understanding among men of different sets. Now, it is certainly perfectly natural for men of kindred tastes to associate, and form...
...Williams Athenaeum has a rather amusing satirical article on the Shakspere-Bacon controversy, in which it maintains that the two formed a literary partnership, on the Erckmann-Chatrian plan, and that Bacon's contempt for the drama led him to withhold his name. The same paper tells us that the old custom of smoking the class pipe is to be abolished...
...latter is endeavoring to arrange similar contests with the other club crews, the results will be of service in determining their relative merits. The excellence of our Freshman crew is very gratifying, after the failures in that direction of all the classes now in College; it is a wise plan to give it all possible practice in hard rowing by the side of other crews, both to accustom the crew to the kind of work required in a race and to test the value of their stroke. As we said last week, we should be very sorry...
...plan of the new course in Comparative Philology is to study the subject as far as a knowledge of Latin and Greek will allow. The tutor will use Sanskrit when possible, but no knowledge of that tongue is expected of the student. The books indicated are not thoroughly decided upon. The text-books will be in English, but occasional reference to German authors may be found convenient...
...hotel. Matthews and Holyoke are the only buildings furnished with bath-rooms. Why would it not be feasible to put up such accommodations in the, for the most part, unused basements of Hollis, Stoughton, Holworthy, and Weld, as there are in the basement of Matthews? If this plan were carried out, it would, we think, do more in the way of promoting health than either the Athletic Association or the Rifle Corps...