Word: presenting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Henry Villard of New York; "The present political condition of Germany." Feb. 20-Prof. William T. Harris of Concord; "Modern German thought and its significance to English-speaking people." Feb. 27-Prof. Kuno Francke of Harvard; "Individualism as a force in German literature." March 6-Prof. Alfred A. Ripley of Boston; "Goethe as autobiographer." March 13-Mr. S. R. Koehler of the Boston Art Museum; "German engraving of the sixteenth century...
Secretary Whitney has placed a bill before Congress appropriating $50,000 to aid in the preparation of charts of the sky. This work is at present being carried on by the observatories connected with the universities...
...exceptions, these answers have been in favor of the petition, and the negative answers are, we think, the result of two mistaken ideas: either that the introduction of electric lights would render the danger of fire possible, or that their introduction would necessarily do away with the present reserve book system...
...present system of reserved books may be kept intact, and the time for taking out reserved books can be regulated by some uniform hour during the entire year, instead of depending upon the constantly changing time of sunset. Later in the evening the library may be used as a general reading room, where access may be had to all the books and magazines of the library, as well as to the reserved books which have been left in the alcoves...
...chances on account of the removal of certain restrictions, make the New Haven men talk as if the loss of the pennant by Yale next spring was by no means improbable. Captain Noyes will have plenty of material from which to select men to fill the vacant positions. At present, Poole, '91, and McClung, '92, are the most promising men for the position of catcher. There have been some rumors that Stagg would go behind the bat, but they seem to have little foundation. Poole, '91, was catcher and captain of his class nine last year. He is a good...