Word: though
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...writer says of Harvard's papers, that, though they have been less numerous than Yale's, they indicate (considered as a whole) greater literary ability, and have had greater influence on college opinion. The Harvard Lyceum was the first, founded in 1810, with Edward Everett as one of its editors. After its death the next paper was the Harvard Register, among the editors of which were President Felton, George S. Hillard, and Robert C. Winthrop. In 1830 appeared the Collegian, notable as containing the contributions of Oliver Wendell Holmes, then a student in the Law School. The Collegian was succeeded...
...THOUGH we all know that the making up of the Tabular View is a matter of much difficulty, and that conflicts between desirable courses is inevitable, yet there was one circumstance that I noticed in making up my elective list, which looked like design and not necessity, and that was the position of History 7. This course is one of the most desirable in college, and for those who are particularly interested in history is an absolute necessity, for no man who wishes to be well informed in that subject can be without a knowledge of European history during...
...about 2.30 P. M. on Commencement Day the august procession of the Alumni entered Memorial Hall to the tune of "Johnny Morgan." The hall was well filled, though most of the recent Alumni had been attracted to the ball-game; and the exercises were undisturbed by any noisy demonstrations, or by any attempts on the part of the Sophomores to obtain a share of the "equal feast." At the close of the dinner, Professor John Langdon Sibley was conducted to the head of the table to lead the singing of the seventy-eighth psalm, after which Dr. Samuel Eliot...
...been broken, and the workmen are now laying the foundations of the Harvard Gymnasium. By the kind permission of the gentleman who has made this gift to the College, we are enabled to print with this issue the ground-plans and a sectional view of the elevation, and though they may not furnish an idea of the building as it will look when finished, they may afford some conception of its dimensions and its accommodations...
...crew, went up to 38 to the minute, and kept it up to the beginning of the last half-mile, when they slackened to 37, which was their rate when they crossed the line. The men from New Haven pulled a plucky race, and stuck to their work manfully, though they could not have had any hopes of winning after the first mile of the regatta. They came in 44 2/5 sec. behind the Harvard crew, but even then their time (21 min. 29 sec.) beats Yale's winning time at Springfield...