Word: various
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...sciences, but where the most intellectual men of the country can assemble and have time, apart from their teaching, to do original work of their own. And it must have money and reputation enough to attract the best men, the men who are recognized as leaders in the various branches of learning...
...little can be said of the progress of the various athletic teams. The candidates for the various crews are beginning to work well together and the relative abilities of the men are becoming apparent. It is probable that the end of the month will see a material reduction in the number of would-be oarsmen. The Mott Haven team is in active training in the gymnasium, and it is expected that the men will be much benefited by courtesting with the athletes from other colleges who have entered for the winter games which will be held next month...
...York Alumni Association of the Phillips Exeter Academy held their sixth annual dinner at the Hoffman House, Wednesday evening. Not only was the banquet productive of important results socially, but various measures for furthering the interests of the academy were discussed at length. Steps were taken toward the building of a chemical laboratory, and resolutions were made informally to increase the number of scholarships and to improve the library. The old question of raising the instructors' salaries was broached, but it was deemed impracticable to arrive at any favorable decision until the endowment could be increased...
...these meetings will come off so soon, it is very desirable that the various candidates and teams should work hard in order hat some records may be broken. The success of the Mott Haven team rests in a degree upon the success of these meetings, and it is the desire of the officers of the association that a large number of entries should be made. The Mott Haven team is in need of men to put the shot and throw the hammer-the object of these meetings being to develop such...
...World, is a strong advocate of the formation of a college chair of journalism, believing that by this means a stronger inducement will be offered to the undergraduates to adapt themselves more thoroughly to this occupation in life, and that in this way the tone and matter of the various publications will be perceptibly improved. Is there anything to hinder Harvard from trying the experiment by way of having a few lectures on the subject...