Word: various
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...proposed to devote each alcove to some special department, filling it with books upon the subjects of that department, and thus making it a favorite working-place for men pursuing such studies. Here they will find a thousand or more volumes which they can consult at will, together with various aids to their particular study, and the companionship of congenial minds...
...criticism and afterwards to the interpretation of a minuet of Mozart or a scherzo of Beethoven by one who himself ranks high as a critic and a composer. Mr. Paine is willing that all those not regularly members of the elective, but wishing to hear him play the various movements analyzed, should be present during the hour. The lectures are given at half past one, Wednesdays, in Lower Boylston...
...been proposed of late to start an Historical Society at Harvard. The movement has already begun, and it is greatly to be desired that it succeed. The object of such a society is evident, namely, to collect several copies of the various text-books used in all the History electives, and place them at the disposal of the men who are studying History. The plan brought forward is this : It is thought that the College will provide a suitable and convenient room, where the books will be handy for every one. Out of the two hundred men in college...
STEWART SHILLITO, Treasurer.THE second edition of Shakspere printed in this country appeared in 1807. The list of subscribers shows an extraordinary interest in Shakspere among the students in various New England colleges. At Harvard there were no less than ninety-seven copies taken, the names of Edward Everett and Richard H. Dana being among the subscribers. At Brown University twenty-eight were taken, at Dartmouth seven, and at Union seventeen...
...were training an eleven only, though they owned that the information came from no authoritative source. Captain Cushing at last said he would not play them this year, with either fifteen or eleven men, and he has expressed the sentiment of the College. The game with fifteen has various advantages that cannot be mentioned here; it is the game the principal colleges wish to play, and Yale admits that she must, and is willing to, come to it next year. We hope she may succeed, between now and then, in collecting together from the entire University fifteen men who know...