Word: reporters
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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THERE is no truth in the report that the Faculty have again voted to petition for the abolition of prayers...
...Library which needs Mr. Winsor's immediate attention; certain books are not allowed to be taken from the shelves. Occasionally, one's card is returned with an ominous-looking blue star marked on it, which means that the book will not be given out. The Librarian, in his Report, favors increasing the access of the students to the books; the abolition of this silly restriction on our privileges should be one of the first steps in that direction. There is no good reason for refusing a student the use of a book, except its extreme value or rarity; to withhold...
...WINSOR'S first annual report as Librarian of Harvard University has been printed. Mr. Winsor discusses the subject of catalogues, and speaks of the improvement of the Library bulletin, of the growth of the Library, and of the work done by the Library service. He recommends that some arrangement be made for the use of the reading-room in the evening...
Walter Allen Smith of the Junior class, $100, for a dissertation on the "Distinction between Human Reason and the Instinct of Brutes"; William Warren Case, $75, for a dissertation on "Sir Philip Sidney as a Writer"; Arthur Hale, Junior class, $50. The report on classical and scientific subjects will be made next week...
...WINSOR, in his first annual report of the condition of our Library, speaks of the alterations in the reading-room, and recommends that some arrangement be made for the use of this room in the evening. Such a privilege is much desired by a large number of students. The advantage which it would give to those who desire to consult many books is obvious; the Library is almost the only place in the University where we are secure from interruption, and many students find it far more convenient to work there than in their rooms. Again, those...