Word: presented
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...view of the present phase of Class Politics, it may not be amiss to pass a bit of friendly criticism on the value of the so-called "Class Lives." Class after class has maintained the custom of having (or trying to have) every member write his "life" on sheets of abnormally large paper, which are intended to be bound with a manuscript copy of Oration, Poem, etc. in a "Class-Book"; records of all Class-Meetings are to be made in this volume; the unfortunate Class Secretary is expected to know the whereabouts of Tom, Dick, and Harry, their occupation...
...change I would suggest to the present Senior Class is to abandon this farce of class lives, and have a large class-book with pages assigned to every man ever connected with the class. Have a brief simple history, comprising some few salient points, such as date of birth, name of father, and time connected with class; let each man write the secretary at least every two years, and from these letters let his "history" be collated by the secretary. It is absurd with such large classes as we have now to attempt individual lives of every member...
...Permitted to assemble once more with the hearts we fondly cherish, allow me to tender my best wishes for all the pleasant influences which this day's association present, and for the cheerful faces I see around me . . . . We feel that the gorgeous triumphs of Rome would bashfully gaze upon our enchanting May-day celebration...
...interesting to see that the number of students in the University has more than doubled within the last thirty years, the present figure being 1370 against 611 in 1846-47. In the College the figures for 1876-77 are 821, against 272 in 1846-47. Within the same period the whole number of teachers in the University has increased from...
...University, among which is "a new hall to contain lecture-rooms for the College." "At least sixteen lecture-rooms," it is stated, "are imperatively demanded." Further the University needs a fire-proof building for the Divinity School Library, "a new gymnasium of three times the capacity of the present building," and apparatus and collections for the Fine Arts Department. The President, moreover, calls for three new professorships, namely, a professorship of Jurisprudence, a professorship of ecclesiastical history, and a professorship of hygiene...