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...went to the St. Goar Library, and, thinking a little light reading might enable me to get through the Sabbath without the help of the druggist, I requested (in writing) a certain youthful page to bring me Swinburne's youthful poems, or Bussy-Rabutin, or Severin's Premiere nuit de noces...
...general interest as to who obtains them; there will be much less interest taken in a list embracing a large proportion of the class, - it will rouse as much excitement as the list of Bachelors of Arts. Our Harvard honours will become much like those of a certain college, one of whose alumni, on being asked if he graduated with honours, said with a shrug, "O yes; half my class...
...they judge best calculated to promote their aims and purposes in after life, will receive, on the "Commencement Programme and in the next following Annual Catalogue," credit for the proficiency which may be attained in any one or more studies, provided, in special cases, they shall also attain a certain average mark; and, at the same time, those who obtain a high average mark will be entitled to all the distinction it has heretofore conferred. Honors in an institution of learning can have no other object than to incite a spirit of emulation among its members, and we have...
...Freshman Crew give the impression to those who watch them carefully that several of the members are half-hearted in their work, and make but a semblance of training. These should realize that merely pulling a certain number of strokes, and running or walking a certain distance, is not the only requisite to secure and keep perfect condition. There are a thousand and one minor matters that need equal attention, and which one's sense of honor and duty only can enforce. They have the reputation of their class at stake, and anything tending, however indirectly, to damage that...
...education, not in the education of a score or more young men in college, but in education as the power best fitted to benefit society and civilize the world. Their problem was, "How best can we aid that cause?" and their solution of the problem was the depositing of certain sums of money with our University to be used, within certain limits, as men best fitted to judge should decide. To carry out their excellent purpose the recipients of scholarships are necessary agents. The desire for an education - the first and essential condition of success in its attainment - is often...