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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...annual supper of the Institute of 1770 took place at Parker's, on Saturday evening, June 19. The annuals, which were to come the first of the week, kept many members of the society away, but the forty who were present passed a remarkably pleasant evening. The dinner was excellently served, and the speeches which followed were sufficiently informal to be thoroughly enjoyed. To the committee, Messrs. Heminway, Humason, and Martin, many thanks are due for the able manner in which they performed the duties assigned to them...
...large number of irregular toasts were then proposed and answered, songs were sung, and the company remained long around the table. The occasion will be looked back upon by those who were present as one of the pleasantest features of their college course, and their farewell to the Institute of 1770 will be one of the bright events in the history of the Class...
...much has been said, and so many inquiries made, about the Anderson School of Natural History, as to make a statement of its present standing and prospects generally acceptable. Through the courtesy of its Director, we are now in possession of the material necessary to such a statement. At the close of last summer season at Penikese it was found that, though doing a great work, the School was threatened with financial difficulties. This at first occasioned no serious alarm to the Trustees, as they had been led to expect that Mr. Anderson, its founder, would look...
...present there seems even less hope of an early resumption of the work at Penikese than when the circular which we have quoted from was issued. The Director says, "No further attempt will be made to run the School at Penikese, as, owing to its location, the extra expense attending the running of the School would provide for it anywhere else...
...summer school limited to a few of the best students in Natural History, connected with the College, will probably be established next year (1876); but I doubt that a school of the present scope of Penikese can be run, unless very largely endowed. The Trustees are already too far in debt to feel that they can go on with it, as matters now stand...