Word: preventing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...been published in the Boston papers. The club does not intend to rival the Greek play in its performance, but simply to encourage the study of dramatic arts at Harvard. Only the first 3 acts of the play will be given. The shortness of the time for preparation will prevent the rendering of the whole play...
Speaking of our Co-operative Society, the Dartmouth says: The fact that Dartmouth is situated at a distance from any large town having much rivalry among its tradesmen, would, to a certain extent, prevent our formation of an association run on exactly the same plan: but yet in very many things co-operation among students would greatly lessen expenses. Books, stationery, furniture, coal, tobacco and all such standard goods might, through an association, be procured at wholesale rates, and furnished to students at much lower prices than they are now obliged to pay. The matter is well worth investigation...
...will follow. On Sunday evening the final meeting will be held to hear several gentlemen speak who are prominently connected with Christian Association work, and the convention will then be brought to a close. It was hoped that Messrs. Moody and Sayford would be present, but other engagements will prevent them from attending. A full programme of each day's proceedings will be published on convention week...
...Yale Lit., philosophically looks out upon the foot-ball field, and thus discourses: "The recent foot-ball upheaval at Harvard has not passed by without shaking Elihu, though himself nothing of an athlete. As an outsider then, he has such a feeling of diffidence on the subject as to prevent him from making anything like a dogmatic statement can only suggest. But it seems to him that it would have been a bright idea for the Harvard Athletic Committee-body of august power and marvelous foresight-to have delayed their decree until the inter-collegiate association had made the annual...
...CRIMSON, the editors of the Lampoon have stated their grievance. They are robbed of a considerable sum of money by the diminished sale of papers, which results from a removal of the drawings, posted for advertisement. We are glad to hear that active measures will be taken to prevent the continuance of the annoying and disgraceful procedure...