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CLASS DAY has two sides. The Senior's side is bright; the world seems made for him, at least for that one day. But for the undergraduate who has had to give up his room and has no friends present, Class Day has its dark side; he is lonely in spite of the gayety around him. Such a melancholy undergraduate linked his arm in mine as we crossed the Yard after the lights were out, and poured forth the following lament...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN UNDERGRADUATE'S CLASS DAY. | 6/25/1879 | See Source »

...Bright the hopes that I have spun...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REVERIE. | 6/25/1879 | See Source »

...indebted for the following facts to the investigations of Drs. Bradford and Cutter: Of 113 Harvard students who had rowed in intercollegiate races up to 1870, 10 were killed in the war, and 2 died of diseases contracted in the service. Of the remaining 101, 1 died of Bright's disease, 5 of consumption, 1 of neuralgia, 1 by suicide, 2 by accident, and 1 from an unknown cause. Of the 87 who were living two years ago, 67 reported themselves in good health, and from the rest no definite answer could be obtained...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 6/13/1879 | See Source »

...Bright is her eye and ruddy her cheek...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MIRABEL, THE FOREST FAIRY. | 6/13/1879 | See Source »

FAIR-HAIRED am I, - a bright, capricious...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: STRAY LEAVES FROM A BOOK OF HOURS. | 5/16/1879 | See Source »

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