Word: years
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...School of Library Economy of Columbia College some 300 lectures are given each year. Most of these are technical or of interest to few outside of the profession, but a few are of such general interest and have been so highly appreciated by those who have heard them that by special request they are given in the large lectureroom and the public is invited...
...National Academy of Sciences, at Washington, Wednesday, Professors Burch, Langley, Gould, Meigs, Pickering and Remson were elected members of the council for the ensuing year. The Draper medal was awarded to Professor E. C. Pickering, of Harvard, and the Smith medal to Professor H. A. Norton...
...name of the University that the Pierian Sodality which as an organization has been given temporarily into the hands of the upperclassmen now in college, shall be handed down to the coming classes in as prosperous a condition as it was at the beginning of the present year. We hope that at the spring concert now but a few weeks distant, the Sodality will not disappoint the audience that will assemble in Sanders Theatre...
...Chess Club has decided to send a delegate to New York, in response to Columbia's invitation, to represent Harvard at the intercollegiate tournament. This is another sign of the activity which has characterized the club this year under its energetic president, W. J. A. Bliss, '88. A tournament open to the college was held in the winter, and the large number of entries showed that a lively interest in chess exists among the students. Since that time the membership of the club has increased considerably, and the meetings have been numerous and well attended. The club intends to secure...
...various crews have improved the opportunity to row both in the morning and afternoon. The 'varsity crew have just commenced rowing in a shell, and have not yet succeeded in overcoming the faults which become evident upon a change from a barge to a shell. Cross, '88, substitute last year, is now regularly stroking the crew and will undoubtedly be the stroke in the race at New London. The class crews have all gone to training tables, and are working hard to get into good form for the races which will be rowed May 12th, at Lake Saltonstall. The junior...