Word: wideness
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...elective system, to the discussion of which, so large a part of the recent report is given. Indeed, a lack of interest in these matters would not be very complimentary, in what it would imply to students at Harvard. We are glad that the report has been so widely read, and think that its wide circulation is well calculated to increase the influence of Harvard...
After a short meeting among the students Sunday morning, the delegates attended services at the city churches. In the afternoon Prof. Lincoln, of Brown, gave an address on Christian consecration. The closing exercises were held in the First Baptist Church. Mr. Wishard spoke of the world-wide extent of this Christian work for young men. Reports were then given by delegates of the religious life in their respective colleges. The pastor of the church made a few remarks about the claims of the ministry as a profession. At the close of this meeting the delegates held farewell exercises...
...seen rowing there every afternoon at half past four o'clock. In order to accommodate the crew, a raised platform has been erected at the further end of the gymnasium; it is about nine feet from the floor, and about four and a half feet wide. Upon this platform eight rowing machines have been placed in position, and fastened to the walls are the weights. Although everything is very simple and unpretentious when compared to our large and well equipped rowing room, the work accomplished in the New York gymnasium is not inferior to that done by the Harvard freshmen...
...esteem it a privilege and a pleasure to call the attention of all interested in the welfare and advancement of veterinary science to the announcement of the Harvard University School of Veterinary Medicine, Session 1886-87. This time honored institution of learning, whose fame is world-wide in all that relates to science and art, has, in connection with its Medical department, established a Veterinary School, presided over by a veterinarian of rare accomplishment, ripe judgment, and unlimited practical experience - qualifications that are exceptionally beneficial in directing the course of studies to be adopted by students. This, coupled with...
...Frank Dempster Sherman, whose graceful poems in the Century and the Atlantic have gained him so wide a popularity as a writer of vers de societe, is at present living in Peekskill, N. Y. Boston Herald. The gentleman mentioned above was a member of '87 last year...