Word: whether
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...future to be used for bar-room purposes. However convenient it may be for the Faculty that the building of the college should be provided with a bar, it is nevertheless undesirable from the point of view of morality, as encouraging the vice of drinking among the students. Whether the students are allowed to imbibe at the college bar or not, the micing of gin-slings and brandy-smashes on the premises must of necessity by demoralizing in its effect. It is well known that the late Stephen Girard so earnestly dispproved of theology as to direct in his will...
Other clergymen on board give even worse descriptions of the scene, and the question has been raised whether continued support should be given the college, which seems unable to suppress the worst phases of French student life in which religion is mocked...
...grave trouble at Princeton some years ago, and when now we hear the reports of unusual illness at Yale, we have reason to congratulate ourselves that Harvard has for years maintained the reputation of being a perfectly healthful place. We have heard of a parent, undecided as to whether he should send his boy to Yale or Harvard, settling finally on the latter, solely because of the reported malarial tendencies of New haven. And this imminity of Harvard is undoubtedly due in great measure to the wise fore-thought of the college authorities. Three adn a half years ago, although...
There has always been considerable doubt as to whether a success could be made of the Dining Association at Memorial, and for a time these doubts seemed to be almost justified. But at length it seems to have overcome its difficulties to a great degree and to have become firmly established. This of course is most gratifying, for, in the event of its failure, the need of such an association at Harvard would have been greatly felt. The announcement of the small sum to be charged for board at Memorial per week is an evidence of this gratifying change which...
...advertising the Columbia-Harvrd game was presented to the Directors. It was resolved that this demand also be not acceded to. When the Harvard faculty took their action with regard to foot ball, the captain of the Columbia football, the captain of the Columbia football team wrote, inquiring whether the scheduled game between Columbia and Harvard should be played. Answer was returned that either the game should be played or that Columbia should pay the advertising expenses already incurred. The game was scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 24th, and on the Fridays preceding, the captain of the Columbia team telegraphed...