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...setting of the south window of Memorial Hall began Wednesday. The paving cannot be finished before the 1st of June. The trimmings of red slate produce a very good effect, though we fear they will not wear well. The frescoing is to be completed within ten days...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 5/8/1874 | See Source »

...particularly interesting to Harvard men, as it devotes several pages to records of all the races of Harvard crews from 1865 to October 25, 1873. The races between Harvard clubs before 1865 are not given, because, as the editor says, whatever records of them may have been made cannot now be found. A short account of all the intercollegiate races from 1852 to 1873 is added. A noticeable feature of the Almanac, and one on which the editor seems to pride himself, is the maps of the Saratoga, Troy, Harlem, and Springfield courses. Those of the Troy and Harlem courses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Books. | 5/8/1874 | See Source »

This reason why the games should not be played at Saratoga may be considered selfish, since we seem to begrudge the wicked minions of J. Morrissey the pleasure of seeing a base-ball match between men whom they cannot bribe; but there is another and a weightier argument against Saratoga. When this town was chosen for the boat-race, a great outcry was made, as everybody knows, that the upright boating lads would be corrupted by the evil influences of that sinful place. This objection, however, was groundless, since the strict training of the oarsmen would effectually prevent any dissipation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BASE-BALL AT SARATOGA. | 4/24/1874 | See Source »

...what are the causes? They lie deep. In the first place these children are brought up in a manner contrary to nature. Up to the age of fourteen or fifteen, a child cannot do without the care and affection of home. Here, on the contrary, he is deprived of all affection. The tender care which his age demands fails him altogether. He is treated with rigor, even intimidation. He is addressed like a slave or a culprit. He is surrounded by repressive influences. The scholars are too numerous to be governed without a severe and inflexible discipline, too numerous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRENCH CORRESPONDENCE. | 4/24/1874 | See Source »

...says that the men "capable of the most prolonged and severe intellectual labor are those who have distinguished themselves at the Universities," yet he doubts the advisability of forcing young men to devote three years to one single branch of study, as is done at Cambridge; for " it cannot be denied that in such cases the development is strangely one-sided," and "the objectionable tendency of excessive athletic competition is of the same kind." He goes on to say that, although he does not believe there is any physical injury in the boat-racing, yet "lads," as he calls them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/24/1874 | See Source »