Word: term
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...calendar is unquestionably second in importance, and here the reader finds that the Christmas recess is from Dec. 23, 1885, to January 2, 1886, inclusive, which necessitates the second term beginning on Monday, Jan. 4. But the most surprising thing of all on these pages, even in the whole book, is this: "May 31, Monday. Memorial Day; a holiday." The italitics are the present writer...
...Continuous residence at the university is required during term-time. Any student whose residence is interrupted for any cause is required to give immediate notice of the fact to the secretary; and if his absence is prolonged beyond three days, he is further required to report in person to the secretary immediately on his return...
...gymnasium authorities are busy putting new lockers in order to satisfy the ever-increasing want. All this time there are a great many lockers on the upper floor, and these are, as everyone knows, the most desirable lockers, which have been lying vacant ever since the beginning of the term. They have been bespoken by members of the university, and will undoubtedly be paid for, so that the management of the gymnasium cannot be blamed for the present state of things. The proprietors of these lockers do not occupy them themselves, they do not even take the trouble to lock...
...even more powerful than imprudence. One of the notably weak spots of the yard is that beautiful, sloping, inclined, hollowedout, well watered and ever-mud-adorned stretch of path from Weld to the library. We will not claim that we have here a right to use the rather sweeping term, "Scylla and Charybdis," but that does not alter the fact that a wet day causes this particular piece of walk to resemble closely the famous bog in which the victim sank deeper the more he struggled. If the college could furnish to the passer bathing suits, or even a raft...
...season now drawing near promises to afford unusual opportunities for evening entertainments. The lectures already announced give promise of being highly interesting, and they will, without doubt, be supplemented by others of which notice has not yet been given. Cambridge is not such a dull place during the winter term as might naturally be inferred from a glance at the immediate surroundings of the college. The series of concerts given by the Boston Symphony Orchestra affords ample opportunity for the lovers of music to gratify their tastes, and the Chamber Concerts and annual concert of the Glee Club and Pierian...