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...upon our fathers and mothers, upon our uncles and aunts. It is of course absurd to suppose that any direct attempt is ever made to lead a man into wickedness, but I think we must all acknowledge that our standard of morality, or whatever else we may choose to call it, is low, and that very many of those who enter college change rapidly, and for the worse, after doing so. Misled by foolish books and advice, the Freshman often comes to college, confident in his own moral strength, but fully expecting to be exposed to very great and undisguised...
...heard when it talked, imparted to its language a genuine English accent. Again, in one of his short stories, he describes English pronunciation and language as follows: "They take a dozen monosyllables into their mouth, chew them, crunch them, spit them out again - and this is what they call speaking...
...expectations! Within a week, the author of the article in which that system of penalties was proved inefficient, in which, too, the Faculty were praised for their moderation and sympathy with the students, himself received a private. It is indeed a censurable act for any one to call a man in the third story to the window by throwing a snowball at that window. Much better in every way, more gentlemanly and more soothing to all in the immediate neighborhood, is it to stand in the yard and shout your friend's name...
ANOTHER Methodist university is proposed! At Washington. Call it Wesleyan University of D.C.! Seven is a sacred number, and Wesleyan is a holy name. There are, already, six "Wesleyan Universities" in this country; this will fill up the measure! - University Herald...
THOSE who remember our temperate remarks about Western College journalism will be surprised to learn that the Chronicle (published at the University of Michigan) is aggrieved. Not only does it call the Magenta little, but overwhelms us by saying that we are cross, then calls us "coxcombs whom nature meant but fools." We regret that we are so small, and must acknowledge that if we were cross, we ought to be whipped; but at the same time, in order not to have those dreadful epithets "little" and "cross" applied to us by a paper no larger than...