Word: timing
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...vulgarity of demeanor they are unexcelled. If they would only indulge in their monkey shines when there are no strangers about; but they seem to take particular delight in throwing bread, hammering on the table and cursing the waiter when there are spectators in the gallery. Just at this time the public is subjecting Harvard students to a good deal of unfavorable criticism, and it behooves us to be very careful of the impressions we give...
...contemporaneous history, but hither-to without success. Next year, however, Professor Cohn proposes to give a course upon the actual state of European affairs, including such questions as Home Rule, the Bulgarian Question, the relation of the Great Powers to each other, etc. The newspapers will be used from time to time in connection with the other text books. The course is French 11, a course in French conversation, therefore only those who are able to understand French will profit by this opportunity. It is to be hoped, however, that some of the lectures will be repeated in English...
...covering the distance in 11 3-5s. In the freshman games Weare, '90 S., broke the Yale record in the two-mile bicycle race by finishing in 6m. 39 2-5s., while the inter-collegiate record in the 120 yards hurdle was tied by Berger, '88 S., time...
...corporation have refused the petition in behalf of the preservation of the old "fence" which was signed by nearly two thousand of the alumni. Granting that the ground about the "fence" must some time be used, the conclusion of the corporation is the only reasonable one to draw, although it was the hope of the petitioners that the refusal to place the proposed building there would establish a precedent that would render the corner forever inviolate. We are all disappointed. On us, as undergraduates. the loss will fall most heavily, while we are sure that for many years Yale life...
...Glee Club has not given a concert for some time, but will go to Morristown, N. J., next Friday evening. The clubs feels very much the need of first tenors, and if these are not forthcoming next fall the Glee Club for 1889 will be placed a serious disadvantage...