Word: reads
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...Latin oration is desired at commencement, so it is hoped that at least three seniors will write a Latin part to be read before the committee...
...large, there being seventy-five in all. In regard to the choice of subjects there was no distinction between an oration, a disquisition and a dissertation. Any subject suitable for one would be suitable for the other. They were all to be of the same length, capable of being read in ten minutes, and that, according to Prof. Hill's estimate, was about ten pages of ordinary writing. The parts are selected by the commencement committee entirely, irrespective of the question of rank. Professor Hill appointed Monday, February 19, at 4 P. M., as the time for handing...
EDITORS HARVARD HERALD: I was surprised to read in your editorial columns on Tuesday, Jan. 16th, that I officially had authorized the statement that the challenge of the Yale Boat Club would undoubtedly be accepted. I beg to state that these remarks were made by me at least six weeks ago, and were intended simply as an expression of my private opinion. By correcting this mistake you will greatly oblige...
...meeting of the directors of the Dining Hall last evening was poorly attended, barely a quorum being present. Several petitions were read and acted upon. Members are quite generally taking advantage of the new rule making Sunday allowances for three and four meals. The petitions also show a somewhat general neglect or ignorance of the rules in regard to signing off. It was voted to make some necessary changes in the auditor's room, erecting a desk and railing. These improvements are not to exceed three hundred dollars. Messrs. Hubbard and Cushing were appointed a committee of supervision. After...
...recent meeting of the Yale Boat Club the secretary read a letter of Prof. Wheeler's from Prof. Agassiz of Harvard in which he regretted that, during his abscence, Yale had not been informed that all Harvard's boating interests had been entrusted to the hands of a graduate committee. He asked that Yale appoint a similar committee to confer with theirs. "Now it has always been the sentiment here," says the News, "that our boating be confined to the under-graduates as much as possible: they row the races, they should have the say. However, out of courtesy...