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...several other Boston dignitaries, he found that Mr. Pratt was actually staying at the Vendome - his room was up pretty high, to be sure, but for all that he was at the Vendome. After two or three timid knocks the door was partly opened, and Dan'l's classic head appeared, with the question if he'd come to buy a photograph. The reporter said that such was not his purpose, but he would like to get Mr. Pratt's opinions on the topics of the day for the HARVARD HERALD. Dan'l, after some hesitation, admitted him, saying that...
...present a communication this morning from "Freshman," criticising our words of commendation for '85 on account of its "quietness." Our correspondent will learn, before he has left the classic shades of Harvard, that attending the theatre in a body, and going through with the actions that have been performed there by the freshman classes of the past few years, is not a sign of manliness; and, refraining from such amusements, by no means proves that a class is composed of "dear, gentle, studious, good little boys," to quote from our correspondent. If '85 is desirous of showing herself a manly...
...Arthur Gilman, secretary of the Harvard annex for women, has made his second annual report. During the year, 47 ladies have been enrolled in the classes, 16 of whom were students last year, and the majority of whom followed the classic courses, including the ancient languages. So much of the work was special that 29 classes were formed, under the direction of 8 professors, 3 assistant professors and 12 instructors from the university. The students were from the following-named States: Massachusetts, 39; Connecticut and New York, 2 each; Vermont, Illinois, Minnesota and South Carolina, 1 each...
...From the classic shades of learning...
...hard as coral"? Why has this poet forsaken that classic drudge, adamant? and why the abrupt transformation of a resisting person to one throwing darts? In the last line of all there is an abrupt descent from the sublime to the ridiculous, but then "gate" is an excellent rhyme for "mate." A little poem entitled "Crepusculum" attempts to describe the twilight season. In the second stanza the poet speaks...