Word: used
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...think I can recall some complaints on this head in last year's papers, but my staircase is as dark and gloomy as ever, after 6 P. M., and I continue to nurse the same number per week of broken bones and bruised joints. I pay $300 for the use of a small room for 38 weeks, nearly $8 per week, - a very steep rent, considering the building never cost the College a cent, and the rents are all clear gain. Now, if I paid a private person $8 per week for a room in his house, I rather think...
...excellent financial condition of the club, the following measures be taken by the new Executive Committee: First, that a man be employed to be constantly at the boat-house, whose duty it shall be to help members with their boats, to take proper care of boats after use, and to prevent all trespasses on the club premises; second, that the house receive a coat of English paint, of which it stands in need, at an estimated outlay of one hundred and ten dollars; and, third, that fresh water be introduced into the house for bathing purposes, and general comfort...
...Constitutional History of England, from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. By HENRY HALLAM, LL.D, F. R. A. S. Incorporating the author's latest Additions and Corrections, and adapted to the use of Students. By WILLIAM SMITH, D.C.L., LL.D. New York: Harper and Brothers...
WHEN permission was first granted to the undergraduates by the Corporation to use Lower Massachusetts for a reading-room, an association was at once formed and the hall well furnished. It was supposed by all that the only thing lacking in past years had been the countenance and aid of the college authorities in what was conceded to be a great want here, and a want in marked contrast to the privileges of some other colleges. But to the surprise of all, before the Reading-Room had completed a year of its existence, the interest in it seemed to wane...
...conditions on which the use of the hall was granted were, that the Corporation should advance two hundred dollars to aid in starting the room, and that on the dissolution of the association all its property should revert to the college; and it seemed last spring as if this last condition was very likely to be fulfilled...