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...didn't have sense enough to make public our feelings on such occasions. Seriously, if the subject was so painful a one, why did the gentleman attempt a theme on it. Could his pent-up grief find no better outlet than in a 250 word theme in an examination book? And he not only writes a theme on the subject, but afterwards, in a fit of petty spite, bawls out his grief in a newspaper. We express no opinion as to the taste displayed, but we do hope that, after his sophomore year, he will regret this public attack...
Latin 5 has begun the third book of Cicero's "De Finibus...
...prices secured by our society, they determined to found one of their own. The effect of this action was immediate. The local tradesmen who had formerly kept prices up to a most unfair standard by their concerted action, were compelled to make immediate reductions. In fact, the leading book-sellers advertised the works required by students at a drop of nearly 30 per cent. from the prices demanded the year previous to the formation of the society. Such a result as this naturally was properly appreciated by the students, and they have entered so thoroughly into the spirit...
...they cry for light in the gymnasium in the evenings. At Harvard for light in the library, as is the case here; While from Yale we hear that, according to the testimony of the librarian, there are some men in the Junior class who have not drawn a single book since their entrance into College...
...number of books which have been published by Harvard instructors during the last few months, is rather remarkable. We have before us a list comprising books by Profs. Palmer, Childs, Lanman, Shaler, Trowbridge, Laughlin, Dr. Royce, and Messers Preble and Parker. Dr. Royce, Mr. Wendell and Dr. Taussig, each have, we understand, a book in preparation. Apart from the natural pride we feel in seeing these gentlemen appear in print, we are gratified over this literary activity because of the practical benefits we expect will accrue therefrom to Harvard. It is rightly the constant end and aim of this university...