About College A BANJO quartette has been formed. EIGHTY-EIGHT is to have a class picture taken by Pach. THE campus benches are again becoming popular. THE 'B9 Chapter of the Shakespeare Society'is at present reading " King John." SOME of the female portion of the audience began to arrive at two o'clock last Friday. EIGHTY-EIGHT has a ventriloquist who causes a good deal of amusement in some of the lecture rooms. A FEW days ago in a Latin class room a modest gentleman translated firocreatio liberorum the ''invention of books." THE class crews are now on the river, and from the amount of enthusiasm shown exciting races may be expected. PROFESSOR MERRIAM'S volunteer Greek class has been somewhat enlarged since the days of meeting have been changed. ANY one wishing a useful pocket pen should examine Blair's fountain pen, which Mr. Johnson has on sale in the cloak-room. THE first race of…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1886-04-07 →

About College IGHTY-NINE has $432 in its treasury. THE University of Pennsylvania have entered an eight in the Harlem regatta. C. M. COMSTOCK and E. C. Villaverde are both candidates for coxswain. THE time has again arrived when the grass on the campus (?) is kept green by the college papers. MR. VALENTINE G. HALL, 'BB, a short time ago won the tournament for the championship of the Seventh Regiment. THE "Van Cott " will follow the 'VarsityAtalanta Race and Class Regatta on May Bth. Tickets seventy-five cents. THE election of class delegates to the Boat Club was postponed till Friday, May 7th, when a full attendance is desired. A PETITION that Greek and Latin should be made elective in the Junior year has been signed by most of the Sophomores and Freshmen. PROFESSOR QUACKENBOS intends to make the final examinations in Rhetoric and English Literature for the Sophomore class oral this…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1886-05-05 →

About College TDROFESSOR PRICE persists in alluding to the famous poet as " Mr." Tennyson. IT is rumored that some very fine oarsmen will enter college in the Class of '9l. MR. SCRIPTURE'S hotel this year is at Lyme, Conn. Special rates to Columbia men. EIGHTY-NINE will hold its theatre party to celebrate the triumph over Legendre on Tuesday, May 31st. "You are doing no better than the baseball nine," said Professor Van Amringe, the other day, to a student who had made a cold flunk in math. EIGHTY-SEVEN would present to the Library a picture of Stevie, Mike and Chris as The Three Graces, but fear that Jerry might be jealous if left out. ON Friday last the Barnard elected its officers for next term as follows : President, H. D. Ewing, 'BB ; Vice-President, H. Odell, 'B9 ; Secretary, C. H. Hayes, '9O. THE co-ed. is surrounded with a halo of mystery. Even the man that knows one is a…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1887-05-11 →

About College QANYMEDE has left. MR. O L 3 'B9, has the same old hat. WANTED. —Subscribers for THE SPECTATOR. Apply at once at the office. SIGN SPEC.'S petition for a reform in the lunch-room. It's our only chance. THE Freshmen were beaten by Cutlers last Saturday morning. Score 16 to 14. IT is rumored that Philips has contributed three cents to the Base-Ball Association. A SOPHOMORE translates from Livy that Sempronius had ten thousand Roman feet. Poor dayvil ! IT is not generally known that all the racing shells made by Waters are from a model furnished years ago by Columbia. THREE large audiences listened to the performance of " Captain Kidd " on Friday and Saturday evenings and on Saturday afternoon. MAY 12th has been set as the date for the class races. This is very unfortunate, for on that day the games at Cedarhurst will take place. THE Barnard dinner committee consists…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1888-04-12 →

About College HP HE attendance at the last two chapel addresses was not as large as it should have been. THE Seventh Annual Dinner of the Barnard Literary Association will be held on Friday, April nth. DURING a recitation last week, one of our professors used the adjective " great " fifty-one times, in the course of a forty-five minute lecture. No more smoking or free lunch in the northend cloak-room for some time to come. They have formidably boarded out the indulgers in those luxuries for the sake of a fossil collection of " rocks." AT a meeting of the Amateur Photographic Society, held last week, it was decided to give an exhibition at the earliest possible date. Officers were elected as follows : President, J. T. Davies, '9l ; Secretary, D. W. Taylor, '9l ; H. R. Taylor, '9l. IT is rumored that the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the near future will have a gymnasium. As…

Columbia Daily Spectator, 1890-03-27 →

Named in The Annals of the Philolexian Society (1912) at the referenced leaf.

Named in Maxwell, Catalogue of Columbia Graduates (1916) at the referenced leaf.

Robert Livingston Cutting, 3d · Confidence: CERTAIN