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...country, graduates of Williams, Ann Arbor, Yale, University of New Brunswick, Kentucky Military Institute, and other schools of all sizes. But only a few, those coming from Yale, Brown, Dartmouth, etc., were recognized as on a level with the Harvard graduates, the others being told that their degrees bore evidence of the fact that their training was about sufficient to rank them with the present Harvard freshmen. - [N. Y. Post...
Resolved, That by the death of our classmate we have lost a pleasant companion, a good scholar, a friend who bore knowing, and who by his frankness, generosity, and manliness, will compel us to miss...
...late President Rogers the Boston Transcript says : "The hundreds of men, young and old, on whom his influence bore, think of him gratefully and affectionately. All testimony is alike as to the power of his personality. He was the creator of the Institute of Technology, the inspirer of its teachers and pupils. His direct influence through contact has been very great. At present probably less than ten per cent, of the intellectual leaders of the United States have reached the moral turning-point which President Rogers long ago passed...
Considerable surprise has been expressed that the expenses bore such a large proportion to the receipes. The profit on the Boston performances was decreased by the deficit ($378.13) in New York and Philadelphia. The New York deficit was caused mainly by hiring an orchestra at the Madison Square Theatre at the price of $250. This was rendered necessary by the sickness of the musical manager, who was to have collected a cheaper orchestra in New York. In order that there may be no misunderstanding in future, the Boat Club and any society giving theatricals for the benefit of the crew...
...students were contemplating a lark, and President Folwell, with Professors Moore and Pike, decided to watch for developments at his house. The night wore on till 2 o'clock or later, when President Folwell discovered a party approaching and started to meet them. They dropped the gates which they bore, and all but one ran back to Fourth street, pursued by President Folwell. This one, who was Asa Paine, the victim of the shooting, ran straight by the president, and was pursued by Professors Moore and Pike, the latter drawing his revolver and crying, "Halt, or I will shoot...