Word: takings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...refused premission to take his examination yesterday because he had failed to hand in his blue-book...
There is a rumor afloat that the H. A. A. is about to take the flooding of Holmes Field in hand. It is to be hoped the report is well founded...
...first place, it will take a considerable depth - perhaps three feet or more - to cover amply all the undulations and irregularities on the surface of such a large field. This means a considerable expense. The second and by far more serious objection is that as the soil of Holmes Field is more or less clay-ey, such a large bulk of water will not only disappear very fast, but will also be swelled considerably by the drainage of the surrounding land; for Holmes Field is on a much lower level than the gymnasium ground or North Avenue or Jarvis Street...
...their religious convictions with mature thought, and not to imbibe early in life a feeling of hostility and contempt for all religion. Perhaps it is to be deplored that Harvard's proximity to Boston tends to inculcate in young minds the dilletate spirit which pervades the Athens of America. Take it all in all, though, President Eliot has accomplished a great deal even if he has not been as wholly successful as he hoped. Our immortal orator, Henry Clay, once said, 'The noblest task possible to man is to teach the young to be earnest and upright; self-reliant...
EVERETT ATHENAEUM. The election of officers for the ensuing half year will take place this evening at 7.30. F. B. Jacobs...