Word: years
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...This year the prices of college books are lower even, than they were last year; yet better made purchases have enabled the Society to register a gain of profit...
...number of books to be used, (implying a chance of oversupply or a lack of sufficient copies for the students of any course) the risk in this department is very great. Few are aware of the extent to which the best books now published have been offered all this year...
...baseball book which is prepared annually by J. C. Morse, who is now connected with the Herald, is out for this year and can be found on sale at Amee's. It has a great advantage over most so called baseball guides in that it is a convenient size to be carried in the pocket. The information which it contains is very compactly arranged and, while there is no unnecessary matter, nothing has been omitted which would have increased the value of the book. That part of the book devoted to the college leagues is of especial value to students...
...still too early to tell what the prospects are in the individual events, for hard work will not begin until after the April recess. Of last year's Mott Haven team some of the '88 men may compete again, and all the others are in training with the exception of Bell '91, who has trouble with his heart. Lund, will in all probability run again after the recess. Wright and Cogswell are still in doubt, but may be persuaded to take part in the sports...
...last Vesper Service of the year is announced for this afternoon. The remarkable success which these services have met during the past three years shows conclusively that they fill a distinct place in the life of the University. They certainly constitute the most popular religious service we have. It is a service intended primarily for the students, and is one which must always appeal especially to them: it comes at a convenient hour, at the close of the work of the day, when every one feels that he can take a half-hour for recreation; it is not long enough...