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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Republican torchlight procession which took place last evening, was undoubtedly a great success, from the manager's point of view. It is safe to say that the Harvard delegation enjoyed themselves thoroughly, the only drawback being the long delay at the beginning of the parade. At 7.15 the Harvard battalion began to form on the Charles St. Wall of the Common, the seniors at the Bacon street gate, the other classes extending in order toward Boylston St. The company from the Medical School formed behind the freshmen. At 7.45, the column moved along Beacon and Arlington streets, to its position...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Torchlight Procession. | 11/6/1888 | See Source »

...talk is to modulate; give your words the proper coloring. To say everything is to say too much: true art lies between. Speak so that the most vulgar prose may sound like the most refined poetry...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: M. Coquelin's Lecture. | 10/31/1888 | See Source »

...Miss Hale; secretary, Miss Donnovan, The regular students of this class have taken a curious stand for which it would be bard to find a precedent. They do not recognize the special students as members of their class, and do not allow them to vote or have anything to say about class matters, although there are only seven regulars and eighteen or twenty specials...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/30/1888 | See Source »

...obtained through the courtesy of the Conference Francaise. It seems that some men have deliberately asked for a number of tickets, on the ground that they wished them for the use of their friends, and have then offered them for sale at prices ranging from fifty cents upwards. To say nothing of this abuse of a privilege, which, in itself, is an insult to the members of the Confernnce Francaise, such a transaction can be called nothing else than dishonest. That a man who calls himself a gentleman should stoop to such low means of adding a few dollars...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/30/1888 | See Source »

EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON:- I have read the editorial in yesterday's issue in regard to the Harvard Union canvass. I should like to say that the Union is desirous to secure as full a vote as possible. There are at present two hundred men who have not voted, and it is with the hope of securing at least a portion of these votes that the result is withheld...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communications. | 10/25/1888 | See Source »

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