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...envious bar to intellectual food...
...find by inquiry that many readers were compelled to think the writer in earnest during the first half-column. They then ran on such a sand-bar of conceit - provided he was in earnest - that they concluded it was sarcasm. After that the article was such a curious combination of sarcasm and burlesque, and so frequently did there occur conflicting opinions, that it was impossible to form any idea of the article as a whole. Many unacquainted with college life must have thought there were facts there well concealed, and this is where the harm comes in; we must...
...Vaulting, both hands. In the take-off the body must be behind a perpendicular let fall from the bar to the floor, and the vault must be a single movement...
...Wiley, '77, then won the prize for exercises on the horizontal bar, performing some difficult feats in a very graceful manner. The lightweight wrestling, between Messrs. Brett and Latham, then took place. The first bout, lasting twenty-five minutes, was spent in manoeuvring to obtain a hold; Mr. Latham finally threw his opponent, after an exciting struggle, in which Mr. Brett had the under-hold. In the second bout Mr. Latham threw Mr. Brett on his hands and knees, but as this was not a fall, and as the match had already occupied so much time, its conclusion was postponed...
President Eliot said he was opposed to any admission to the bar, except after public examination, and that he thought no law school needed special privileges in regard to the admission of its students. He also considered, as in the English civil service, not only the learning of the candidate, but his character and antecedents, should be inquired into. This of course means that every person presenting himself to the bar for examination be required to bring a certificate of good moral character...