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...Yale Freshmen have voted not to send a crew to Saratoga. A short time ago the Freshman crew was an excellent one, but it has been seriously affected by the loss of its stroke, Chandler, who has been taken into the University, and by the withdrawal of three others...
SOMEWHAT more than a year ago Mr. Samuel Osgood, of New York, proposed for the consideration of the Memorial Hall Committee the idea of forming, within the new building, a museum of old Harvard relics of history and art. This in a few years would become a collection of no small importance, and certainly could not fail to increase in interest as years go by. Whether or not any move has been made toward realizing Mr. Osgood's idea we cannot say; but we feel that no time is to be lost in taking a more general action...
...have received One Hundred Years Ago; or, How the War Began, a series of sketches from original authorities, by Edward E. Hale. The book is rich in anecdote and interesting reminiscence, and will form a valuable souvenir of "Centennial Year," as it contains light gossip, extracts from letters, and song and story which are not to be found in the more pretentious historical works. Published and for sale by LOCKWOOD, BROOKS, & Co., 301 Washington St., Boston...
...Then 'I'll tell you. Bunker Hill was fought some time ago...
Have I his picture ? Yes, I have; but 't is n't very good. The man that took it did it, though, as nicely as he could. It was a pleasant-spoken man, that turned up years ago, Who cut folks out in paper, and put black behind to show. But Grandsir Peavy 'd lost his nose, and so the picture's queer...