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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...minions of a single household, but to all the world. We take it that the post is a mere support, - "Ah yes!" they exclaim; "it is the post and not the box that has scores of times offered us a friendly support." - "What?" - "Why?" - But their blushes warrant us in not pressing the point. Having thus triumphantly put to flight all these mistaken individuals, we can again proceed, with the mail-box as our theme...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MAIL-BOXES. | 11/26/1880 | See Source »

...excel in any one event, they will all be sent down for that event, so that, even if one happens to lose the first prize at the meeting here, he will still have a chance to compete at Mott Haven if his performance is of sufficient excellence to warrant the Association in sending him. A list of the events to be competed at Mott Haven will be found in our Brevity Column...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTING COLUMN. | 5/7/1880 | See Source »

Those few professors who have been alluded to above as an exception to the general rule are deservedly the most popular with the students. This proves that if more of this social intercourse were to be had, more good might be done, and that the chances of success warrant a fair trial. It proves, too, that students appreciate the hospitality that is offered them, and oftentimes gain more by seeing the professor at his fireside than on his raised platform in the recitation-room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE INFLUENCE OF INSTRUCTORS ON STUDENTS AT HARVARD. | 2/6/1880 | See Source »

...last Monday's issue of the Echo appeared an exceedingly unjust letter on Freshman Mathematics signed J. C., 81, whose mathematical attainments are superior, I hope, to his logical. There may be a disparity in the tact of impartation between the tutors alluded to, but that does not warrant the statements or conclusions of J. C., '81. If a student understands a subject himself, there is no danger of appearing ridiculous at the blackboard. It is true that comparatively few students take mathematics after the Freshman year. The cause, as it seems to me, is this: students come to college...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 1/23/1880 | See Source »

...having the buildings insured. If this is not done, we may be sure that it is because, in the judgment of the gentlemen who have so successfully managed the property of the University during the difficult period through which we have just passed, the risk is less than would warrant the annual payment of a very large aggregate premium for insurance. That there is a chronic want of money for improvements, and even for necessary expenses, is not the fault of those who manage the finances of the College, but because too little has been so devised that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/9/1880 | See Source »

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