Word: presented
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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HARVARD COLLEGE LOTTERY."The subscribers, appointed managers of the above lottery, pursuant to an act of the General Court of this Commonwealth, having given bonds for the faithful discharge of that trust, respectfully present the public with the following scale of prizes...
...thing as a lottery. It may, however, be interesting to those whose eyes gloat fondly on the announcement of bequests and donations to their Alma Mater, to see what measures were taken to raise money at a time when the College finances were not by any means in their present prosperous condition...
...next meeting of the Natural History Society, on the first Tuesday in February, there will be an election of officers. All members are requested to be present...
...undexterous classmate." While X' 81 complains of being sneered at by the upper classes, he does what is much worse, - sneers at his own. He complains of the Sophomores especially. I will venture to say that no Freshman class was ever better treated by the Sophomores than the present one. It has always been the custom for the Sophomores to look after the little boys, and to forbid them the use of canes and other dangerous weapons until they are old enough to know how to manage them. Their late murderous design against a Boston policeman (which I am happy...
...natural advisers, makes a more judicious selection of studies for himself than the Faculty could make for him, with any knowledge which they are likely to have of his tastes, capacities, and purposes, - a much better selection, moreover, than the old prescribed curriculum of this College, or the present prescribed curriculum of any other college would...