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...addition to the faults of his model, the author of "Hammersmith" has a few of his own. To begin with, his book is much too long; it would take Macaulay to read it through without skipping. Secondly, Hammersmith is unnaturally successful; the author has seen the necessity of giving him a few defects, but even these are such as would be likely to endear him to the reader. He is represented as being lazy about his studies, but the author has nevertheless elected him into the Phi Beta; in short, he is a favored child of nature, or rather...
...flask of wine, a book of verse, - and thou
...four classes of the academic course. A tournament will be held on the first four days of next week, from 3 to 6 P. M., provided ten men enter. The entrance-fee will be fifty cents, which will go toward partly paying for the prize. An entry-book will be opened at Bartlett's, which will close at 12 M., Monday. The contestants will be drawn in pairs, and the winners of the trials play on until one man remains unbeaten. The place of playing will be written in the entry-book. Umpires and scorer will be appointed later. Those...
...round trip, good for three days, June 27 - 29, will be sold for $3.50. If a sufficient number of names can be obtained a special train will leave Boston about 7 A.M. on the day of the race, and returning, will leave New London about 7 P. M. A book for the names of those wishing to go on this train will be opened at Bartlett's, and as the special train will be a great convenience to a large number of students, and will place them in a position where they will be independent of New London hotel-keepers...
...what the seal of Harvard College should be, we desire to point out an abuse which has lately been made of it. The publisher of "Harvard and its Surroundings" has been so much encouraged by the merited success of his labors, that he has perhaps got to considering the book as a sort of official publication. At any rate, he has used the College Seal on all his advertisements. We have strong doubts whether he does so by permission of the Faculty; as even the respectable Advocate's request to be allowed its use was refused. But Mr. King...