Word: term
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...class officers by the freshman class at Harvard College shows the change that is gradually taking place in the class spirit of the institution. Twenty years ago and more the classes at Harvard were comparatively small, so small, in deed, that, in the course of the four years' term, each undergraduate became tolerably well acquainted with all of the numbers of this class, and with quite a number of young men who were members of classes immediately above or bellows. Of late years, however, the classes have been so large (and there seems to be no limit to their growth...
...mucker" nuisance has made itself felt early in the term. The blessing of such popular newspapers as the Boston morning dailies must be appreciated by every one; but it is most unfortunate that this blessing is accompanied by that great evil, the silver-tongued Cambridge "mucker." Is there no way in which these vendors may be prevented from crying their wares in the college yard, at least on the steps of the chapel. It has been said that there is none, but if there was a general understanding that papers should not be brought within a stone's throw...
...HALLOWELL, President.Will all students, including those of former classes, who did not meet me yesterday, and who purpose choosing elocution this term, see me at Holden Chapel at two o'clock this afternoon...
...first few days of this term have been days of great activity in the Co-operative store and the managers have every reason to be satisfied with the development of their new plan. The experiment is one that has been well and successfully tested in several communities of Europe and there is every reason to believe that it will succeed at Harvard. The stimulus given to membership that lies in the expectation of sharing the profits at the end of the year seems to be quite effective, as the list of members is filling rapidly. The management has enlarged...
...those who by reason of their superior pluck and endurance manage to come in ahead of their fellows. Now that the college is beginning to swing into its regulated routine of work, it is time for those who have charge of the matter to organize runs for the fall term, and we hope that the freshmen will co-operate with the upper class-men in sustaining a branch of athletics from which so much good is derived...