Word: students
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sprung up about the appearance of the theatre through the descriptions which late Roman writers made of it. To dwell carefully on the details of this grand structure, in which the greatest of the world's dramas were performed, is one of the most grateful tasks for the modern student of archaeology...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - The good sense with which you have avoided mention of the student who was detected in the gymnasium on Friday, deserves the commendation of all Harvard men. But as other members of the college have not displayed the same tact, and many reports have been sent abroad through the public prints, I think I may properly ask you kindly to publish this short statement: The unfortunate man in question has been examined by physicians of the highest reputation, who unhesitatingly pronounce him insane, and on their certificate has been regularly committed to an asylum...
...takes interest in the development of our elective system can but be pleased with the changes which have been made within the last year or two in the department of Physics. This study which once was looked upon by the average student as simply a maze of calculus and logarithms, has been brought to a position where its real worth as part of a complete education is beginning to be appreciated. Abstruse mathematics are no more necessary to a thorough grounding in physics than they are to a knowledge of history. That this is indeed true can be seen from...
...coming on a June day through a pane of glass, falling upon an unprotected head or neck beneath, and playing over its surface for an hour, is excessively painful, if not dangerous. Then, the glare caused by this same cause is excessively unpleasant, both to lecturer and student. Negligence to remedy these defects has transformed what ought to be one of the most comfortable recitation rooms in college, to a hot-bed; either a change must be made at once, or some more cases of fainting must be recorded...
...will contain four lecture rooms, a stack which will hold 40,000 volumes, and a reading room with a large open fire place, thus adding much to the comfort of the readers. The building will cost about $40,000 when completed and will supply a want of which students in the Divinity School have long felt the need. At present Divinity Hall embraces a library, a dormitory and lecture rooms. As the new building will make the lecture rooms and the library superfluous, these rooms will be changed into sleeping apartments, and the whole of the interior of Divinity will...