Word: went
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Fifty-nine years ago, Dr. Channing delivered a famous sermon at the dedication of what was then the finest building belonging to Harvard college. Such was its fame at the time that people went to Cambridge to see Divinity Hall. The building, however, does not satisfy the present needs of the school, It is necessary for a student to have his bed in a small alcove of his study, and this with many other inconveniences, makes the rooms very undesirable. The valuable library is in very great danger of fire, as the building is not fire proof. A considerable amount...
...things continue to so at the pace they are going at present, Oxonians who went down in 1880 will be unable to recognize the face of their Alma Mater in 1890. She is not only changing her normal complexion, but also her physical features most rapidly. Four new buildings of importance have sprung up within the last two years. The most important, the new school, is yet in an unfinished state, Magdalen and Trinity are greatly extending themselves, and a new college is nearly completed which will work great results in bringing old-fashioned Oxford up to date...
...Chicago paper. It is indeed flattering to have such homage part to Harvard students, and it may be the real feeling of many who profess to think otherwise. The young lady was evidently much surprised that she could travel alone out to the wilds of Chicago and Athol, and went prepared as some Europeans who expect to find Indians in Boston...
...candidates for the Yale crew went into strict training on Saturday last. There are at least two vacancies to be filled in the boat, and probably a third, as Peters will probably be unable...
...Protection became our policy, contrary to general belief. Farm laborers received at the most $5 per month, boys $1. The farmers could not pay more; they had no market for their produce because the artisans were in Europe. Butter was 8 cents a pound, and some women in Connecticut went insane when the price rose to 10 cents. The laboring man of the North was worse of than the salve of the South, says one writer...