Word: stones
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Harvard Historical Society Lectures-Owing to the recess, the date of Col. Stone's lecture will be changed from Tuesday, April 8, to Friday, April...
...monarchical government the best? Aff. 1698. Is agriculture the most honorable of all secular employments? Aff. 1725, 1755. Is the diffusion of knowledge among all the citizens necessary to the existence of the republic ? Aff. 1781. Is the starry heaven made of fire ? Aff. 1674. Is there a stone that makes gold? Aff. 1687. Can mortals be changed into one another alternately? Aff. 1703. Is the earth the centre of the universe? Neg. 1717. Is a comet, which only appears after many years, more a foreboding of divine wrath than a planet which rises daily. Neg. 1770. Can real gold...
...remainder of the Harvard Historical Society's lectures will be given in Sanders Theatre. Col. Stone's lecture will be postponed from April 8 to April 11, owing to the vacation...
EDITORS HERALD-CRIMSON-After nearly every especially rainy day we see complaints of the dreadful condition of the stone walks in the yard. The croakers seem never to be weary of expatiating on the enexhaustible theme which furnishes material for numberless communications and editorials in the different college papers. Yet all this agitation is of no avail. In times of deluge like that of Monday the stone walk still remains below the surface of the water, and during every rain its hollows still collect puddles of water into which the unwary student plunges. The only remedy for this evil...
...almost entirely due to the efforts of Americans, and it is a pleasure to recall the fact that there are a number of Harvard graduates who largely influence the management and character of these institutions. Some of the schoolhouses were erected at considerable expense, and are composed of coral stone, which is an excellent substitute for brick. Even the natives receive a careful education, and are taught in the English language. Although the foreigners and natives attend separate schools, yet the same text books are used for both. American and English teachers are generally employed, and the standard American books...