Word: various
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...SUFFERER," who reckons up his troubles by the yard, complains to us of the noises that disturb the college precincts sometimes till mid-night; and we heartily concur with him in longing for a cessation of the various shouts, cat-calls, snatches of popular melodies, the repetition of men's names in loudest tones from distant buildings, and, not the least annoying, the stupid explosion of gunpowder in different forms. Work on examinations and late hours set the nerves of all of us on the stretch, and interruptions such as the above, although at other times harmless, become horribly annoying...
...speaking of military drill he says: "Are we never going to wake from the delusion that various pursuits and occupations which war rendered necessary more than ten years ago are proper ingredients in a life of settled peace...
...must be very apparent to any one who has watched the vicissitudes of the various class crews this spring, that some new system of boating is much needed. The constant changes which have taken place in almost every boat on the river, and which are going on even now, two weeks before the race, are very disheartening...
...facts which bear upon the various subjects are very numerous and are scattered in pamphlets, histories, biographies, old magazines, newspapers, the Corporation and Faculty Records, and other places; to gather them from these sources requires more time than was anticipated...
WHEN the Reading-Room was started, about two years ago, one of the many articles on the subject which appeared at that time said: "There are many suggestions that might be made relative to tickets of membership, smoking and card-playing in the room, and various other matters; but we can only hope to perfect our system gradually." The trouble which the managers have been in during the past year, with regard to the finances of the association, shows that the system has certainly not yet been "perfected." It is now proposed to take (in the fall) some...