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...accepted a challenge from Columbia. More than this can hardly be expected of her; and now she ought not to so place herself that hereafter any undesirable race can be forced upon her. She ought not to involve herself in a series of races from which she cannot withdraw at once; and if the challenges from Columbia are accepted, it ought to be understood that, in accepting these challenges, Harvard does not in the least bind herself to accept others...
...leave these historic shades "for neglect of regular college duties." Somebody, perhaps, announcing no elaborate plans to the world, will do solid, sustained, faithful work, and lead his class. Who are the men who are destined to fall into these various positions? Unlike the impatient novel-reader, we cannot satisfy our curiosity by glancing at the last few pages, but must patiently wait for the denouement, - till the year...
...grass cannot forever grow...
...cannot forever smile...
...matter of honors the graduating class has done something she may well be proud of; for her record is the highest of any class during the last six years at least: we investigated no farther. Of course sound, deep scholarship cannot be measured; for there are very many men who really do hide their candle under a bushel; but in the long run, supposing the number of such men to be about equal in each succeeding year, an estimate of more or less value can be formed from mere outward success. In comparing Seventy-seven's record of honors with...