Word: subjects
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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President Eliot has just been made the subject of a very undignified practical joke by some unknown person. Engraved cards of invitation to his house for today were sent out in his name. The style of the cards is unlike any he ever had, and the date is written in ink. In addition to this an advertisement stating that he desired to engage a servant girl was inserted in several Boston papers. The result of this is that he has had forty or fifty applicants. He sent to the Boston newspapers on Saturday the following statement: President Eliot desires...
...President Andrew D. White of Cornell, will deliver a continued lecture of three nights each at the University of Pennsylvania and at Swathmore College in January. His subject will be "The Causes Leading to the French Revolution...
...Warren Triennial prize, founded by the late Dr. J. Mason Warren, is this year offered for competition. The founder's conditions require that the interest upon the original fund shall be collected every three years and awarded for the best dissertation upon some subject chosen by a special committee. As is usual in such cases the committee reserve to themselves the right of making no award "should it be found that none of the dissertations are of sufficient merit." The official notice tells us that this year any subject in physiology, surgery or pathological anatomy may be chosen. Dissertations...
...next hour examination in English 7 will be held Thursday. Dec. 20. The subject will be confined to poetry...
...Thursday afternoons throughout the winter, begun two years ago, has met with the success it deserved. Every Vesper Service held last year was exceptionally well attended, giving proof of the popularity of these meetings. The service is composed largely of singing. The short address delivered is always upon some subject connected with the University, and hence of interest to the students. The first of this year's series of Vesper Services will be given this afternoon in the Chapel. In addition to the regular choir, the members of the Glee Club have offered their services, and the combined body will...