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...Once the close student, "the dig," - the past numbers of the Advocate are my criterion, - was the butt for all the wits; the College ideal was the man of elegant leisure, - his sole duties to smoke his well-colored meerschaum, to write an article for the Advocate, to dress for an evening engagement. All of these things he used to tell us in his Advocate articles were done by him; in fact, were the highest aims of a Cambridge life. Such a hero as he seemed to all sub-Freshman subscribers...
...course it would be absurd to say that there are none now in Harvard to sneer at close students, and no close students whose ways deserve to be rebuked. But an acquaintance of some extent among the different classes now in college, and a knowledge of what the prominent men are doing to get and retain the esteem of their classmates, give reason to assert that the number of both these sets is becoming smaller, or, if preferred, the two sets are discovering each other's worth and adopting each other's virtues. Nowhere is this change more clearly indicated...
...once with an English university, and at that time, although beaten, the result was far from a disgrace. We were under every disadvantage, caused by change of climate and diet, and even of having men in the race not up to their usual excellence; despite this we followed close upon victory. The members of the winning crew themselves affirm it to have been a very hard and closely contested race...
...Yard, and on the principal cross-walks and entrances; such a walk, made three feet wide, of strong planks, and so constructed that it could be taken up and put down again with little labor, would cost only about $700 or $800, - possibly less. It could be laid close to the buildings, so that an ample space would be left for the passing of coal-carts and carriages...
Then, as the pack around him close...