Word: working
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...quiet study, the importance of opening the Library in the evening becomes greater than ever. That the Library would then be much used cannot be doubted. Many courses cannot be studied with advantage away from books of reference, and students taking these courses are now forced to suspend work upon them during the evening. Then, too, all students would form the desirable habit of making use of the Library, if during these winter days that use were not restricted to the few hours of daylight. The introduction of gas into the building increases the liability to fire; but other great...
...reverse a piece of sandpaper. We have often seen them, and have often made unsuccessful attempts to light matches on them; but I venture to say that it never occurred to the venerable Alumni when they reared Memorial Hall that the tablets and the carved wood-work would ever be used for a "scratch-my-back...
...notice in the list of examination groups published in another column that some examinations have been put down for the afternoon. Last year great dissatisfaction with this practice was expressed by the students, who complained that the afternoon was a time decidedly unfavorable for such severe work as a three-hour examination. We hope that some way may be found whereby all the examinations may take place in the morning...
...wish to call the attention of all students in the University to the catalogue of the North American Review, prepared by Mr. William Cushing of the Harvard Library. A notice of this important work will be found in another column. The Review has now so changed its character as to make it essentially a new magazine, and thus no better time than the present could be found for the publication of an index to its contents. This index will be of especial interest to all Harvard students and graduates, since during its whole life the Review has been essentially...
...matter of voluntary attendance the Faculty are still divided in their opinions. After a very full discussion of the subject, the Dean comes to the following conclusions: Among good scholars the cases where the opportunity for irregularity of work has interfered with scholarship are comparatively few; while the fact that students are allowed to arrange their time in accordance with what they conceive to be their best interests bears upon the formation of character, and tends to the promotion of better culture. In regard to the opposite end of the class the Dean says...