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Still, I have not repented my course. The result has been beyond my expectations; and I trust that future ages, when they reap the benefits of the culture I have implanted in the wilderness, will see that my work has not been in vain...
...their lists of electives hastily and injudiciously, but the fault must not be wholly laid at their doors. Some elect courses that merely strike their fancy, or make attempts at what are termed soft courses; but it must be considered that we know scarcely anything of the various electives beyond the subjects and the name of the instructor, and the choice in many instances is little more than a leap in the dark. To remedy this, we suggest that a pamphlet be published containing short accounts of the various courses, to be prepared by the different instructors...
...with the Union six oars one second behind. Few who were present will forget the desperate struggle at the finish to get the nose of the Harvard past the line in advance of the Union. There was no hope of winning the cup, which the allowance of time gave beyond a doubt to the Union. One or more of the men in the Harvard had gone into the race without proper preparation, and were incapable of doing much more than paddle long before the race was over, but the magnificent efforts of the sound men saved the crew and college...
...here we have certainly enough proof that Harvard wore in 1860 handkerchiefs of a color which the papers called red, - not an unnatural error at a time when magenta as the name of a color was little known beyond dry-goods' shops and the ladies. That these so-called red handkerchiefs were in truth of magenta, I have a pleasant reason for knowing, from having been made the object of some light feminine chaff about Harvard's taste in selecting so homely a color. In those days - as now indeed - we sometimes wore a straw hat with magenta ribbon...
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