Word: presenting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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President Eliot, in his recent report, complains of the absence of a comfortable reading-room and of safe means of lighting the present reading-room artificially. The need of such a reading room- spacious, well ventilated, well lighted, and open up to 10 p. m.- he says, is very urgent, and the best plan is to build a large room at the north-east corner of Weld Hall, at a very short distance from Gore Hall, so as not to darken the delivery room and the present reading-room, which is to be converted into a large stack, able...
...formed. Up to 1848, however, there was virtually no constitution, as the bodies empowered to form one did not do so. The revolutions in all the other states in 1848 caused the monarchs of these states to yield, and a parliament representing the people was formed. In this the present German constitution received its inception. After the Austrian war the Reichstag was established. This body is elected by the people and represents them, while the Bundesrath represents the governments of the different states. The Reichstag is a single chamber, and its main function is to discuss and sanction. The Bundesrath...
...decided to hold a whist tournament, open to members only. The next meeting of the club will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 13, and men who intend to enter the contest may notify the secretary then. A book has also been placed at Bartlett's where those not present at the meeting may sign before 8 p. m., Saturday, February 16. Men must choose their partners, and the couples must sign together. Entrance fees of 25c. apiece must be paid on signing. All contestants will meet at the club rooms on Monday, February 18, when play will begin. The rules...
...cablegram announces that Dr. C. F. P. Bancroft, principal of the Phillips Andover Academy, who is traveling in Egypt and the Holy Land this year, has arrived at Cairo on his way down the Nile. He is said to have been present at the baseball game between the Chicagos and the All-Americans, played near the pyramids...
...nine has not as yet been able to get the cage for regular practice. The batteries alone are allowed its use; but in about three weeks the nine will begin practice in earnest. At present a light system of training is undergone, the work consisting in the use of the weights, dumb-bell exercises, vaulting, and a short run on the track...