Word: plans
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: There are many men besides the writer who would be very glad to see such a society as the Total Abstinence Society go into operation. The plan proposed is an excellent one and should meet the hearty cooperation of all the students. It will tend to increase the general culture of Harvard; although much in advance in this moral culture of other colleges, still there is room for improvement in this respect. Respectfully...
...made of some minor discomforts and inconveniences arising from steam-heating. Complaint is made of the noise; and one Yale man writes: "They frequently leak all over the carpet, and they don't give the look of comfort to a room which a fire does. But the plan has its advantages: A room can be heated in a very short time, and the temperature regulated easily, though I have always noticed that the rooms heated in this way are very hot and close." Nevertheless, we will venture to assert that no one who had endured the rigors of minus zero...
EDITORS OF THE HERALD: During the last two weeks, certain students have been considering the formation of a society, the aim of which will be the creation of a stronger college sentiment against intemperance in drinking. The plan of organization is not yet fully determined, but it is expected that a total abstinence basis will be found to be necessary. If it were to be a total abstinence society of the traditional ironclad, intolerant stamp, we should expect and deserve a tornado of criticism and opposition; but it is to be nothing of the kind. In justice, therefore, to those...
...feasible plan for illuminating the library by electricity, is under consideration...
...will be possible for Harvard once for all, and under the most favorable conditions, to make a practical experiment in the matter of cooperation. Success or failure then will depend almost entirely upon the degree of active support given to the scheme by the members of the society. The plan at least merits a thorough trial by the university. Positive success or probable failure can safely be predicted by no one; the event alone can decide...