Word: showes
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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There has recently been put on exhibition in the show cases of the College Library, an interesting manuscript receipt given in 1773 by John Singleton Copley, for fifty-six pounds paid him for the portrait of Nicholas Boylston which is now hanging in Memorial Hall. The document was presented to the College by Mr. J. H. Moriarty of Boston. Some rare Americana of colonial times-about thirty volumes in all-were bought at the sale of the Deane library in March. Most of them treat of Colonial history...
...Bachelor of Arts ends in disappointment less often at Harvard than at Yale. The statement is commonly made in the form-"It is harder to get into Harvard College than into Yale, but once admitted, it is easier to stay there." The statistics printed below would seem to show that it is, putting it as mildly as possible, no easier to stay in Harvard...
...statistics are remarkably alike but what difference there is points always to the greater difficulty of staying in Harvard. In the case of every class the figures show that a smaller percentage of Harvard men were able to get the degree in four years or less than was the case at Yale, the difference being 4-10 percent. in '94, 4 9-10 percent. in '95, and 3 per cent. in '96. In regard to the number of men getting their degrees in five and six years the statistics are again slightly in favor of Harvard, while the percentages...
Rattle asked Mr. Knowlton, the manager of the Riverside Recreation Grounds, to show him over the kitchen department. While looking over the ice room he carelessly stepped backwards and fell through the open trap door into the ice house below. He says not even this can cool his interest in the grounds...
LAND AND WATER for April is just out, having finely illustrated articles on the New England Sportsmen's Show; the Chicago Athletic Club; "Training for College Athletic Teams," by Walter Christie; "Sparring," by George V. Toohey; "Chess," by Frank K. Young; "Philadelphia Horse Show," by "Rittenhouse...