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...natural impulse of every human being, when he is freed from certain restraints to which he has always been accustomed, is to do some thing that he never did before. I remember that when I made my first independent railway journey - at the mature ago of twelve, - I indulged in the delights of a five-cent cigar, and felt horribly and horribly guilty for the next three days. A mater is a sort of colossal Mrs. Jellyby. She was so busy with the affairs of the outer world that she cannot find time to attend to the manners and morals...
...both the public celebrations. Their adoption does not necessarily involve increased expense, as some may imagine, and if proper measures were taken the expense would be rather diminished. At Columbia College the wearing of gowns was for many years compulsory, but after the repeal of the law, some years ago, it was left optional with the students to wear them or not. The custom, however, was continued, and at present in the oratorical celebrations of the college and on Class Day they are almost universally worn by the class holding the celebration, and by the orators always. Also in other...
...this is the Centennial year, when people everywhere are looking up the records of the past. So let every New-Englander and New-Yorker, and every one who is interested in any New England or New York town, look up President Dwight's account of this place eighty years ago...
...passed as we stated it, the Faculty intend to consider it again before it actually goes into operation. It seems that new measures affecting undergraduates are not considered in active operation until they have been posted on the bulletin-board; therefore, although this vote was passed nearly six months ago, it has not yet gone into effect. The question of substituting it for the present regulation, requiring merely an average of fifty per cent, will soon be considered by the Faculty. It is of course impossible to state what their decision will be. We have a trusting confidence...
LAST Monday night a room on the ground-floor in Weld was entered while the occupant was at dinner, and an overcoat with a few small articles was stolen. Three years ago a man was caught in the act of robbing a room in Matthews, and it happens that his term in the House of Correction has but just expired; moreover, he was seen in the Square on Monday evening. There may be no connection between these events, but it would be well for those whose rooms are easily entered to take some precaution. We are unfortunately left...