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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Pamphlet for 1884-85 that the faculty have not yet seen fit to do away with the paying of extra fees where Chemistry and Natural History courses are elected. The majority of men while in college elect twelve full courses, and the instruction in these costs them $450. A student intending to make Chemistry a profession would naturally elect besides six miscellaneous courses, courses 1 to 6 in Chemistry. Chemistry 1 and 2 have extra fees of $10 each, the other four courses, of $15 each. Thus, a man who takes twelve courses, six of which are Chemistry, can only...
...have a trifle more pride about appearances? The building of a fire upon the lawns kills all the grass immediately underneath it and scorches much more for many yards around, so that the evil effects can be seen for months. If proper pride for appearances does not move the student, then a slight regard for college property ought to make him more careful. Let us enjoy our victories, but let us at the same time observe the rights of private property...
...History, however, Mr. Hart has another course, mumbled 18, in the history of the North American Colonies, and their Growth into a Federal Union (1600-1789). The second half-year of course 18. covering the period from 1750 to 1789, may be taken as a half-course by the students who have already taken course 2. Other student may take it with the special permission of the instructor...
...project has been started which, if successful, will go far towards removing what all must feel to be the greatest defect in college sports of late years-namely, that they afford exercise to so few of the students. The new project is the purchase by subscription of a large pitcher, to be contended for by the four classes on the Charles. It is proposed to have the pitcher very large, with surface enough to hold the record for a hundred years. The pitcher is to be awarded each year to the class which has in that year won the greatest...
...Amherst Student says: The baseball season has now fairly opened, and the best results are expected from the team which Amherst sends to the field. 1st: the strongest nine which we can present is today upholding the honor of the purple and the white on the diamond. 2nd: every man on the nine is playing to the best of his ability...