Word: used
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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DURING the summer extensive repairs are to be made on the College buildings. Special fees are to charged for the use of a room during vacation...
...hour of instruction, instead of the full hour, which, when he took the course, he had every reason to suppose he would receive. Then again, when his half-hour is over, he must be an unwilling listener to instruction that, in most cases at least, can be of little use to him. Besides this, one would think that a whole hour was quite short enough time for an instructor, however full of his subject, to do justice either to himself or his class...
...abuse which has lately been made of it. The publisher of "Harvard and its Surroundings" has been so much encouraged by the merited success of his labors, that he has perhaps got to considering the book as a sort of official publication. At any rate, he has used the College Seal on all his advertisements. We have strong doubts whether he does so by permission of the Faculty; as even the respectable Advocate's request to be allowed its use was refused. But Mr. King is not the only offender, for an enterprising restaurateur in town has sent invitations...
...proper place for select field meetings of the H. A. A., because the applause of the spectators is distracting to hard workers who wish to keep their windows open. We have no high opinion of the man who plays on his piano out of hours with a free use of the loud pedal, and we think no punishment severe enough for one who makes a practice of shouting to a friend in the fourth story...
...intentions was not made earlier by the Association. This could not well be, however, for the difficulty of getting a track near the college appeared insurmountable. It was useless to talk of Jarvis Field for this season; in fact, we may consider ourselves fortunate if we are allowed to use it at all next autumn. Holmes Field next suggested itself; but the possibility of harming it for base-ball prevented its use. Beacon Park is always open, and the manager has kindly put it at the disposal of all who wish to train; yet its distance from the college...