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...brave Sophomore," who "filled up his glass" with the "jolly crowd" at the American House on the 13th can fail to remember the occasion as one of the pleasantest in his college course. Nearly three fourths of the class were present, and filled three large dining-tables...
...Clarke, the third tenor or falsetto or whatever he is to be called, acts poorly and walks in a waddle; his voice does not show traces of overwork. Mr. Carlton, the baritone, though now affected and awkward in his acting, gives promise of becoming one of the best American baritones. His singing and Mr. Hill's are most excellent. Mr. Seguin, who has not had a note in his voice these forty years, remains funny. The chorus and orchestra are good...
...College Journal, like the owl, has taken up the cudgels in defence of Jesuit teaching. In speaking of the "groundless insinuations which every author who has to speak of the Jesuits mingles with his commendations," says: "Among American authors, Parkman is notably culpable in this respect. The minds of the younger scions of Parkman's circle of readers, or of such of them as read the Harvard Magenta, are in like manner carefully poisoned by such writings as those of 'V. J. R.' on Education in France, in that paper." We shudder at the thought of the moral responsibility...
...nation that has great men and glorious deeds to look back to, and yet wilfully turns its face the other way, - that nation, indeed, is in want of speedy assistance. Athens and Rome neglected the examples and memory of their ancestors, and fell. Let us hope that the American republic, upon which so much depends, and to which so many look with anxious hope, will not follow in their footsteps; for, if she does, the result is certain...
When the boating matters had been decided, Mr. Morgan, of the Committee appointed to manage the class supper, read a letter from the proprietor of the American House of Boston, in which he said that he would furnish the supper for the class "provided they would not forget their position as gentlemen." Mr. Morgan said that the Committee had met with the greatest difficulty in getting any one to prepare the supper, both Parker's and the Revere refusing to do so because of the disgraceful conduct of the last two Sophomore classes, and that it is to be hoped...