Word: reports
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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SIRS: The publication in your columns of a review of the President's report, and the statement therein that a gift of $25,000 was made last year for the building of five courts for the nine, naturally raises the question why has this improvement not been made? No doubt sufficient cause for the delay exists, yet it would contribute to the satisfaction of the friends of baseball to know what this cause is. May we not hope through your columns for an explanation...
...purpose of the meeting last evening was to decide about a dinner to be held some time this month. The members were called to order by the president at 7.45 o'clock. The secretary's report was dispensed with and the club proceeded at once to the business of the meeting. It was unanimously voted to have a dinner and after a short discussion it was decided to hold this dinner at the Thorndike, on the evening of Wednesday, Feb. 20. The secretary was instructed to see all members and endeavor to secure a full attendance. On motion...
...report of the college librarian, published in part in another column, shows the large addition which has been made during the past year to the library, and the extent to which the books in the library are used. It must be regarded as a cause for gratification to learn that with each succeeding year the number of men who make use of the college library is growing larger and larger. There are probably few, however, who know that in connection with Gore Hall there are ten subsidiary libraries, established for the benefit and convenience of students taking special courses...
...report of the librarian of Harvard College, published simultaneously with the president's report, contains a good deal of interesting matter and shows that marked improvement and progress have been made in all directions...
...view of the discussion now going on over the relation of athletics to scholarship among college students, some facts collected from the recent report of the committee on athletics to the faculty of Harvard may be of interest. The thorough investigation of the committee leaves no room for doubt that athletics have had a beneficial effect upon the scholarship of men here. From the first table in the report which shows the college rank of the university teams in 1885-86, it appears that the average percentage of the four college teams was 72. That of the crew...