Daily newspaper published by undergraduates at Harvard College.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 edition. Excerpt: ...lecture. He then asks questions on the construction of the text upon which he is going to lecture. This plan does away with the necessity of hour examinations, and keeps the men up to their daily work. After this he lectures for the rest of the hour, giving opportunity for questions. The men read collaterally, at the rate of a page and a half a day, in another book of Thucydides. This year Classen's German edition is used; but by next year a translation of Classen's book, at which the instructor is working, will be ready. At the end of the year a play of Aristophanes will be read at the rate of one hundred verses a lesson. The work of the course is so arranged that Thucydides, which is the most difficult part of it, will come during the cold weather. The cost of text books is small, not exceeding three dollars. XMAS CARD HEADQUARTERS. Cards of every eize to suit all tastes, the llnest assortment we have ever shown. HAND-PAINTED CARDS oreTc'anlls'pnffi tion by special messenger in the city, and by express to persons out of town on receipt of remittance or city reference. Persons ordering cards will please state cost desired. Prices from 2c. to $5 each. Any Money sent in excess of cards retained will be promptly refunded. Call or order now, ami avoid the rash. THERMOMETER AT HUBBAUl/s YESTERDAY. 8 A. M. 12 M. ti P. M. 26 32 31 Prof. Palmer reads tonight verses 1 to 680 of the Antigone. There will be an examination in Philosophy 6 two weeks from yesterday. Lights have been placed on the corners of some ot the buildings in the yard. We understand that Prof. Paine iutcnds soon to give a series of chamber concerts in Boylston Hall. The Harvard Register has within the past teu days received nearly five hundred subscriptions for 1881. The...

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