Word: yard
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...lights are now in the Yard. The suggestion is made that another set of lamps be put in to enable the pedestrians to see the present lights...
...place in College that could not be filled as well by any other society, with, perhaps, one exception. It is evident, however, that what makes the society fill its place so well is not the purely religious part of its work. There would hardly be found within the Yard fifty persons willing to devote one evening a week to praying and hymn-singing alone. For, thanks to the foresight of our wise overseers, every student has the privilege of listening to songs, praise, and prayer every morning before breakfast. We must, then, look for its distinctive character in another direction...
...will be sufficient. Does the Bursar consider that in this way our enormous gas bills will be done away with, and this burden placed on his shoulders? It cannot be. How pleasant, after enjoying life in Boston under the cover of darkness, to return to Cambridge and find the Yard as light as day, which will obviate our difficulty in finding the walks and the key-holes of our doors. Another great gain will be in changing the hour of recitations, for they can be held as well at midnight...
...Senior I stalked o'er the Yard...
...state the facts. It is not true that the Faculty were arbitrary and unjust, the Faculty had nothing to do with it. It is not true that Republican meetings are allowed, and Democratic forbidden. The Corporation were willing that the Union should occupy any other hall in the Yard or elsewhere, for speakers from both parties. The Union has been granted the use of a College hall for its meetings, and another for its reading-room. That the authorities are not willing to give it facilities for large public meetings, addressed by political speakers of eminence, is a matter...