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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...These gentlemen, with the promptness which marks all their proceedings, read the same, pondered upon it, and-were convinced. From that day to this they have been gradually screwing their courage to the sticking point. The sticking point has at last been reached, and their courage has stuck. A vote has been passed advising and recommending that the catalogue hereafter be printed in English, our natural tongue. There seems, then, little doubt but that hereafter we shall be able to recognize ourselves when her names appear in the quinquennial catalogue...
...This vote was passed with much reluctance, for the society is rendering very great service to its members. But the course herein recommended will enable the society to meet all its obligations and to start another year without embarrassment, and with an honorable record, in case it shall be deemed expedient to continue its good work hereafter...
...directors hereby call a meeting of the society, to act upon their vote, to be held in Sever 11, Monday...
...meeting of the board of overseers of Harvard College was held on Wednesday. The board voted to concur with the president and fellows in their votes appointing Edward Cummings, A. B., proctor; re-appointing Henry W. Torrey, Charles E. Norton, Wolcott Gibbs, Francis J. Child George L. Goodale, and Crawford H. Toy to be members of the council of the library for three years from January 1, 1885, etc. The vote of the president and fellows to repeal the second and third paragraphs of the statutes of the University, numbered 14, was referred to Messrs. Peabody, Brooks, and Lowell. This...
...held last Wednesday, after the transaction of some routine business, a motion was made to amend Secs. 2 and 3, Par. 14, of the college regulations. This particular paragraph may be found on page 25 of the present catalogue. It relates to the required attendance at Sunday service. By vote of the overseers, the matter was referred to a sub-committee for further action. We are not informed as to the nature of the proposed amendment, but cannot refrain from expressing the hope that any changes made may be in the direction of reform,-that the attendance upon Sunday service...