Word: takes
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...Sophomore Class Supper will not take place till after the semi-annuals...
...HAVE a complaint to make against the length of the papers in the hour examinations that frequently take place both in elective courses and in prescribed work...
...course, with all due respect to the instructor, is not an elementary course, and no beginner ought to think of taking it. The question is, Why is there no course in Zoology to correspond to the Botany and Chemistry courses? I hope another year the authorities will give us such a course, and allow Zoology to take its proper place here with other "liberal" studies, and not be made a specialty for doctors...
...friend. Harvard indifference. There is certainly material enough in college, and much of it is raw material, so there is a fine opening for any one who can develop it. We hope that every one who wishes to learn, and can raise the requisite three dollars, will take advantage of the instruction which the College now offers, and try to do his part towards making the experiment a success. On second thoughts, we will add the further qualification of a slight ear for music. There are some unfortunates who are eager enough to learn, but cannot distinguish "Yankee Doodle" from...
BOSTON, November 16, 1878.MY DEAR SIR, - Looking to you as best representing the boating interests of your University, I take the liberty of a letter asking your attention and answer as early as you will allow. You will recollect that the coming season brings the tenth anniversary of Oxford's victory over Harvard in a race from Putney to Mortlake. To-day at Cambridge there is a strong desire that a race may be rowed the next summer to again try the good rowing of the two universities. In '69 the trial was hardly a satisfactory one, being...