Word: yeare
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...room was a fair type of the hideous abodes which our students make for themselves. The signs may disappear by Junior year; a few books which show the inmate's literary appreciation may begin to appear. But the imitation rugs, the walls covered with bad engravings, worse heliotypes, and trash of all sorts, the two sorts of chairs, - the ugly and the uncomfortable, - will remain as before. Harvard men ought soon to realize that a room to be student-like and comfortable need not be crowded, untidy, and cheap-looking, and that a few real ornaments are better than...
...turning of the year...
TWENTY-TWO men have elected English 6 this year. The number last year was nineteen...
...meeting then adjourned. It was well attended, and the choice of officers promises well for the support of the Crew this year. The Treasurer stated that the balance in the treasury should not lead men to be backward in their subscriptions, as it was only equivalent to the fund raised by theatricals last year. We hope that the University will be prompt with its subscriptions, and save the officers of the Club the great annoyance and trouble to which they have been previously subjected...
...number of applications for board at Memorial has been so large this year that many have been obliged to leave the hall on account of not being able to obtain permanent seats. At the beginning of the term there were as many as seventy men who were unable to obtain seats, and at the present time there are between twenty and thirty who are obliged to wait for seats to be vacated by others before being able to take their meals. It is, of course, obvious that it is very desirable for the association to raise its membership...