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Thus the student acquires a very desirable knowledge of the history and advancement of music in all its forms, as well as an insight into the moral effect which it has had over all ages. As a whole the course is a very enjoyable one, and cannot be too highly recommended to those who have a taste for music...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A WORD ABOUT MUSIC. | 5/21/1875 | See Source »

...much cannot be said of the courtesy and politeness paid the Nine by the Princeton men. At no time during the game did they allow an opportunity to slip of applauding any good plays we made, and of silencing any attempt on the part of those not connected with the college from cheering our errors. Their politeness in showing us their beautiful buildings and grounds, and their good-natured manner of taking their defeat, only served to promote the good feeling between Princeton and Harvard, and we take this occasion of offering, through these columns, our most hearty thanks...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/21/1875 | See Source »

...familiar feature at Harvard. Yet in our own college circle the elective system has so long been humorously employed as the open sesame to the explanation and causes of every college characteristic, from the undergraduate fondness for homely curs up to the excellence of theses on Primogeniture, that we cannot repress a sceptical smile or two when an exchange gravely explains away or establishes a point in regard to Harvard by that most convenient argument, her elective system...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/21/1875 | See Source »

...quantities of hard work. They are, by all odds, the heaviest crew. If the next three weeks' work brings them together, we venture to predict for them a front place in the race. The Weld crew are pulling the most finished stroke of any; how effective it is we cannot say, but their appearance when in practice is decidedly favorable. This crew lately made a trial of speed with the Freshman crew, and as the captain of the latter is endeavoring to arrange similar contests with the other club crews, the results will be of service in determining their relative...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/7/1875 | See Source »

...admire the confidence of this assertion; but if the Purdue continues as it has begun, we cannot but doubt its correctness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 5/7/1875 | See Source »