Word: statement
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...following statement was sent to the Crimson from the Library: Much annoyance to users of the Library-has been occasioned by the acts of certain persons in abstracting or concealing reserved and reference books. The Library authorities having taken steps to discover such transgressors, a member of the Senior class was caught, and he has been subjected to due penalty by decree of the Faculty. The general body of students, who have been the chief sufferers in this way, may be congratulated on the prospect of a close of such proceedings...
...Advertiser, in its notice of the Boylston Prize speaking, said that there was a marked improvement over the standard of several years ago. It is doubtful whether this statement is correct. Before the adoption of the preliminary system there was a much greater number of candidates than now, and the poor speakers, having a large majority, made the whole performance appear to be of an ordinary kind. At any rate, the present standard is not creditable, and ought to be raised...
...statement in the last Crimson that an elective in U. S. History would not be given next year was a typographical error...
...last issue, we spoke highly of the choice of subjects of the Natural History Society lectures, and after listening to the first in the series, we can only add praise to our previous statement. The subject, "The Function of Great Men in Social Evolution," aside from being of general concern and importance in itself, was treated scientifically, and in a way that gave it peculiar interest. Not the least pleasing part was the seeming ease with which Dr. James met and refuted some of the opinions set forth by Herbert Spencer in his Sociology. The Natural History Society...
...decision of the Police Commissioners, not-withstanding the report to the contrary, was favorable to the Phi Beta Kappa, and the policeman was censured for unnecessary violence. The eye-witness did not support the officer's statement that he was a???culted. The society has obtained all that could be expected from the Police Commissioners; but it will not let the matter rest here, but will carry the case before a higher court, and it is to be hoped that this will have the effect of checking the numerous outrageous misrepresentations of Harvard which appear in the Boston press...