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Bury him ! Lor'! Why, Silas boy, what put that in your head...
...looked in vain for Cameron to rise. Hooker, meanwhile, also unable to swim, succeeded in turning over the shell, by which he kept himself above water until even this frail support began to sink under him, and with a desperate effort, he seized a boat which a boy by the name of O'Brien had put to the assistance of the drowning men. Sherman, who was able to swim, also climbed into the boat, and was taken ashore...
...Blackheathen gives an account of the athletic sports at Blackheath School, which is very creditable to the boys. The 120 yds. hurdle-race (for boys over 15) was won in 17 sec; and a half-mile race (under 15) in 2 min. 36 sec. A boy under 12 ran 100 yds. in 14 1/2 sec.; and a boy under 11 the same distance in 18 sec. Finally, after a number of races of various sorts, an "Old Boys' Race" of 440 yds., which was won in 55 1/2 sec., concluded the sports...
...sometimes said that a student, like a prophet, "is not without honor except in his own country"; more often, I think, the reverse is true, and that outside of the academical town a student is considered, no matter what his age and how dignified his bearing, as "a boy not yet out of college." The inability of collegians, especially members of the younger colleges, to understand that they are considered as of comparatively little importance, except by the juvenile portion of society, causes much amusement to their elders. Not that I would have the Freshman who entered college in June...
SCENE, Senior Club. X. (who was a boy) looked pensive and sad. Y. (who was a girl) asked, "What are you thinking of?" X. Of my girl. Y. What makes you do so now? X. Your presence resembles her absence. Chorus. Oh! - Tripod...