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...THIS book has already met with an enthusiastic reception at Yale, which is not at all surprising, as the students there probably enjoy the local references, and recognize the eight students whose adventures form the foundation of the work. The incidents are by no means new, but to the reader who has never seen the chief places in the Old World they may prove interesting. The eight begin their travels with a trip to the Harvard-Yale boat-race, where one of their young lady friends attributes the victory of the crimson to the fact that "those old veterans, Ernst...
...book, and comment...
...Bicycle Club is to have a dinner in Boston at 8 o'clock, Wednesday evening of next week. An entry-book will be placed at Bartlett's. Tickets...
...BRIGGS read the twenty-second book of the Iliad, Wednesday evening, in Harvard Hall...
...ever read "Student Life at Harvard"? I don't think any mention is made in it of Percy Altamont Villiers, younger brother of George, the hero of that delightful book. He had read his brother's biography, and, fired by that noble example, he determined to follow in his footsteps, nay, to surpass him. He, too, had had what he called a " fine fit" with a private tutor, and knew few or none of his future classmates, so that he was as well prepared to be a leading man as George had been...