Word: roome
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...familiar with the eighty men, or more, who constitute the division in Junior Botany, will be surprised to hear that, in their recitation-room, they sit in tiers...
...least, a hand-to-hand fight settled the ownership of valuable articles of clothing. The next year we dwelt in greater security, but last year the losses were severe and numerous; watches were stolen from the Gymnasium and from the Boat-house, and clothing from a good many rooms. This year, too, a valuable carpet has been stolen from a room in Matthews, and many other losses are reported. For the conviction of this particular carpet-thief the College, by means of conspicuous posters, offers a reward of $25; we sincerely hope that some well-deserving fellow will improve this...
WHEN permission was first granted to the undergraduates by the Corporation to use Lower Massachusetts for a reading-room, an association was at once formed and the hall well furnished. It was supposed by all that the only thing lacking in past years had been the countenance and aid of the college authorities in what was conceded to be a great want here, and a want in marked contrast to the privileges of some other colleges. But to the surprise of all, before the Reading-Room had completed a year of its existence, the interest in it seemed to wane...
...conditions on which the use of the hall was granted were, that the Corporation should advance two hundred dollars to aid in starting the room, and that on the dissolution of the association all its property should revert to the college; and it seemed last spring as if this last condition was very likely to be fulfilled...
...should be distinctly understood that the Reading-Room is not the public property of the undergraduates; it is private property, the property of a society; and since the departure of '72 and '73 we surmise that this society is far from comprising a majority of the students. The outsiders who frequent the hall probably do not realize that they are trespassing on the rights of others, and it is almost excusable that they should not realize...