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...settled that we are to have a musical college in the Central Park, and eclipse Cincinnati. Surrogate Calvin has admitted to probate Wood's will, giving $1,500,000 to the college. Freund is going to start a new weekly called Music, just in time to be the college organ, and has engaged Fred Archer as his organist. A Happy New Year to the wise Surrogate and the plucky editor...
...distressingly prosaic and democratic country rudely thrust aside. A hungry monster has arisen, which threatens to absorb us, annex us, - call it what new-fangled name ye will! We are hampered by the Port! While we of Old Cambridge have been enlightening the world, dreaming with Plato, fighting with Calvin, discussing with Darwin, a town - a modern, busy, trading, prosaic, mushroom, damnable town - has been started, is growing beneath our very nose! We believe they have a "City Hall" and a "Government," - we are not sure that the College, whose refining, softening, broadening influence has so long been felt throughout...