Word: seeing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...SEE by your last issue that a move is to be made to employ janitors in the College dormitories, and that the experiment will be tried in Holyoke and Matthews next year. It seems to me that this plan would benefit no one, while it would do a great injury to the scouts now employed, who are very honest hard-working men. These scouts are in our employ, subject to our orders alone, and we, if dissatisfied, can always discharge them. Should janitors be appointed, we should still pay, but the College would employ, and in their attempts to serve...
...cost of putting up the building, in accordance with the present plan, prove satisfactory, the contractors will begin at once. If, on the other hand, it is found necessary to make decided changes in the design, work will be delayed several weeks. While we are desirous naturally to see the building begun, and while we are disappointed by delays, we cannot help expressing our appreciation of Mr. Hemenway's generosity, and of the care and trouble he has taken in his efforts to secure for the College a good gymnasium...
...were sorry to see, on the recently published list of college rooms, the announcement that "all persons taking rooms in Holyoke House or Matthews will be required, if they employ any one, to employ the janitor of the building to make fires, etc." Any measure, which like this cuts off all competition, makes the price we have to pay too high, or, which is the same thing, the article which we pay for inferior to what it otherwise would be. At Sever's we are charged an extortionate price for our text-books, because the College destroys all competition...
...see how weak that strong ship...
...March 27 at Springfield fell through entirely, Williams being the only college represented. Wesleyan, who organized the convention, was not represented because her delegates were detained by examinations. The other colleges profess lack of funds and want of interest, hoping, however, for a congress next year. We shall see what will result...