Word: points
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...have no better way of judging what should be added to the list of electives than by noticing the current of undergraduate interest in these moves. We will not dwell on the obvious need of these studies-the list of signatures will throw aside all doubt on that point; but we do hope something more salutary to the college at large will come from the petitions than their mere consignment to the waste-paper basket without a proper discussion. Any others who may wish to sign will find the books at Bartlett...
...meeting of H. A. A. to-day, is a great success in point of the number of entries. The wrestling brought out an unusual number of men, while the entries for sparring far exceed those of last year. The doors of the gymnasium will be opened at one o'clock as usual, in order to avoid a jam, and the first event will be started promptly at two. The entries are here given. The events will come off in the following manner...
...Boylston Hall, taking for his subject "Cairo," which is the capital of Modern Egypt. It is the true city of "The 1001 Nights," for whatever is the origin of these tales they treat of the society of Cairo. The city is situated on a sandy plain near the point of the delta of the Nile and is surrounded by objects of great interest-the Pyramids on the west, the Necropolis of Thebes on the south, and the obelisk marking the site of the ancient Heliopolis on the north. The name Cairo comes from the ancient Arabic and means "Victorious Capital...
...night occurs the first class-dinner of Eighty-nine. Every one who has signed the book should make it a point to attend, for there is every prospect that the dinner will be a most enjoyable affair. There will be no formality, every one will feel at his ease, and nothing short of physical disability should prevent anyone from being present. To those who do not intend to go we would say that it is their loss, nobody's else. To those who intend to go we prophecy that they will be amply repaid for their trouble...
...Bowditch's lecture last night on "Composite Photography" was very interesting and was well illustrated by the stereopticon. The lecturer dwelt upon the double value of his subject from a scientific and an artistic point of view. Among other illustrations was the actual making of a composite by combining pictures on the screen...