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Dates: during 1870-1879
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Next came in a gentleman who was worn nigh unto death by over-work. He was a Professor, and said: "Young man, your project is laudable. If you maintain a gentlemanly tone towards the authorities, and admit no carping criticism of our conduct, the whole Faculty will be glad to write for your paper. I present you with an article on 'The Need of Additional Endowment for our Professorships...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN IDEAL COLLEGE PAPER. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

...last meeting of the Natural History Society, papers were read by Professor Shaler and Mr. Faxon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

...with; the Athlete swore that his report was the only interesting thing in the paper; the Poet took arsenic because his choicest stanza had been left out; the Bummer looked in vain for his complaint about the janitors, and declared that the Editor was fawning on the Faculty; the Professor was disgusted with the complaints, and publicly reviled the paper at all his recitations; the Wit found that all the point of his article had been left out, and that his brevity jokes had been spoiled by the printer. However, there was point enough left in them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN IDEAL COLLEGE PAPER. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

Soph. in Math. - Professor, I think the proposition bears a striking analogy to the peace...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXCHANGES. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

...with those who are too indifferent to attend any lectures, however interesting and instructive they may be, there are other reasons as well. We know of several men interested in the subject who went to the first lecture on "Taxation," and to the first only. The explanation is simple. Professor Newcomb is not, and does not pretend to be, a lecturer. If the University Lectures are to be a success, the College should engage men who not only have a sufficient knowledge of their subject, as all the lecturers thus far have had, but are able, 1st, to put what...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

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