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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...Chaplain. The depression of spirits which has overspread society in consequence of this event comes with peculiar force upon the College with which he was connected. It needs an eloquent pen to pay a fitting tribute to Agassiz, and it is impossible in these moments of general grief to assign him the place among the world's great naturalists which the future will give him. The last sad rites have been paid, and there is a vacancy to be filled in the halls of science. To Agassiz descended the mantle of Cuvier, and on whom will it now fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AGASSIZ. | 12/19/1873 | See Source »

...thought would be willing, if asked by the class, to choose a number of men, train them during the winter, and teach them all that can be learned on the rowing weights. When the spring comes, the trainer might take them on the river, going himself as coxswain, and assign to them their positions in the boat as should seem to him best. As soon as the crew are fairly at work, let the members elect one of their number captain, and, while he would have full command over the men, the trainer might still go out for the purpose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FRESHMAN CREW. | 12/19/1873 | See Source »

...charge of unwarrantably passing judgment upon our neighbors; but if the conversation and outward life of the average undergraduate show anything, they show a character which is not so entirely under the control of religion as might be inferred from the articles we have referred to. Surely we cannot assign to ourselves an amount of religion - using the word in a rather comprehensive sense - equal to that of outside communities, without casting aspersions upon our fathers and mothers, upon our uncles and aunts. It is of course absurd to suppose that any direct attempt is ever made to lead...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A DISSENT. | 5/16/1873 | See Source »

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