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Many complaints have been made already in respect to the crowd of news boys who infest the steps and transept of Memorial at dinner time. There are many remedies for this troublesome custom. The simplest one is to have a stand or desk placed near the door and have all the evening papers sold there, and there only, by a couple of boys, under the control of some reliable news dealer. The management of the Hall promises to keep the transept clear of boys, if the students will help by buying their papers at the stand, and there only...
...eight o'clock Monday morning the tablets in the transept will be decorated by Post 56, G. A. R. Cannot the ceremony be attended by the presence as well as the good will of the students...
...attention of the Dining Association to a little matter which is certainly within their jurisdiction. Will they see to it that the obstreperous newspaper boys, who gather in crowds at the entrance to Memorial, be quieted to some extent? Playing tag and loud shouting seem hardly appropriate in the transept of Memorial, but these small youths seem to possess as little regard for the place as for the comfort of the students. Indeed, the cries of "Record, is a cent," and "Buy the only reliable paper," which are levelled by the rival venders at the students passing into Memorial...
...shameful desecration has recently come to our notice. It seems that a number of the flags placed in the transept of Memorial Hall on Decoration Day have been taken from the tablets. It is hard to believe that anyone could have so little respect for the honored dead as to commit such an act; but that a Harvard man should steal from the hall, erected in honor of the brave sons of Harvard who fell in the war for the Union, the emblems which were there left as a token of respect for their grand sacrifice, seems incredible. But such...
Long before the hour fixed for opening the doors of Sanders Theatre, both entrances to the transept of Memorial Hall were besieged by a throng of anxious ticket holders. The moment the doors were opened, there followed a scene of indescribable confusion, and for a time the crush at the two narrow gates leading to the theatre entrances threatened to become serious. The seating accommodations were put to a severe test to accommodate the audience of over 2000 which was in attendance, and not only every seat in the main body and the balconies of the theatre was utilized...