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...trouble is, that in estimating college graduates, business men, as well as some others, are apt to pick out, as a standard, the few cheap characters which every college sends out, and which neither education nor anything short of re-creation could fit for a prominent sphere of action...
...With the growth of this institution the officers have had more and more responsibility to bear, and the fact that the Hall is at present in a good condition should not cause the members to forget that at any moment emergencies may arise that call for prompt and decided action. Good representative men are needed to maintain the success that has been achieved, and now is the time to see that such men are brought forward as candidates. Let each member of the association hand the auditor the name of some efficient man who will serve as a candidate...
This is the title of a very entertaining work on horsemanship by Col. Theodore A. Dodge, U. S. Army. The most notewortey feature of the book are the plates, which are phototype reproductions from photographs of Patroclus, the author's famous horse, taken in action by Baldwin Coolidge. Of these the author says in his preface, "their origin lay in the bebelief that a fine gaited horse could be instantaneously photographed, and still show the agreeable action which all horse-lovers admire, and have been habituated to see drawn by artists, instead of the ungainly positions usually resulting from...
...stage, we think, is an institution worthy of the attention of college men, from the very fact that each year sees a number of them enter the dramatic lists. The more college men go upon the stage, the higher will dramatic representations rise, because study will bring the action nearer to its maximum perfection, conversely, also, the higher the art, the more college students will seek the profession...
...good ability a capable and well informed naval officer. The readiness and experience requisite for the higher grades which can be gained only by actual service, must come in after years, and, as it comes the young officer finds greater responsibilities placed upon him, and broader fields of action opening before...