Word: reporters
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...President says in his report that the first scholarship in Harvard College was founded in 1852. This will be news to William Browne of Salem, who gave pound 100 to the College in 1687 "for the bringing up of poor scholars...
...report that the apparatus of the old Gymnasium would be used in furnishing the new one is without foundation. Those who have the matter in charge say that all the furniture of the Hemenway Gymnasium will be new, as the old apparatus is totally unfit for even its present use, and, if taken apart, could never be put together again...
...three years. This all accounts to a very great extent for the brilliant success of the burlesque in New York. But to all who took part, and to Mr. Arthur Sherwood in particular, is due great praise for the energy displayed in carrying out so difficult an undertaking. The report in a New York paper that Mr. Sherwood was the author of "Fair Rosamond" is not so far wrong after all, for he has rewritten it almost entirely, and those of us who have ever attempted to reconstruct a single scene can, in a measure, estimate his labor...
...annual report before the Board of Overseers President Eliot discusses very thoroughly the advantages of scholarships to the College, the recipients, and the public, and takes his usual ground in favor of the present system. He next speaks of the healthfulness of the College during the past year...
...Messrs. Codman, Wyman, and Green. The Visiting Committee were increased as follows: To visit the observatory, Randolph Coolidge, Charles F. Choate, Alexander Agassiz; to visit the College, George B. Chase; to visit the Library, George Dexter; to visit the Medical and Dental Schools, John T. Codman. The Committee on Reports and Resolutions presented a partial report by Hon. W. G. Russell...