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...remark was recently made by President Eliot of Harvard, that: "In no field does college education tell more than in the field of business." This is, we believe, contrary to the opinion that prevails among men of average education, not college graduates; but it appears to us to contain a vast truth, and it is probable that public sentiment is being gradually modified in this direction. It has been a common thing for men of means to refuse to send their sons to college on the ground that they were going into business, where, according to their view, a college...
...records of Boston contain the announcement that on the "13th of the 2nd moneth 1635, at a General meeting upon public notice it was generally agreed upon, that our brother Phileman Pormort shall be entreated to become schole-master for the teaching and nourtering of children with us." Last Thursday evening the alumni of the school thus founded and to-day known as the Boston Latin School, assembled in the drill hall of the school building to celebrate the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the foundation of the oldest school on the continent. The Latin School is one year...
...duty, while card-playing, or any such heinous offense, consigns the delinquent to prison for a month or two. The Barracks are inspected daily, and an inquisition officer can cause us much trouble. The clothes-bag, for instance, is probably doing duty as pantry and wine-cellar, and may contain a pipe or a pack of cards. For tunately, the inspecting officers remember the days of their youth, and give suspicious receptacles a wide berth...
...Advocate appears to-morrow. It will contain the latest, most carefully revised critique of the Duchess Emilia...
...taken up by two suites of rooms, each consisting of a bed-room and large study, with toilet and bath-room in common. Access to this floor will be had through a separate entrance in the eastern corner of the new block. The three upper floors will each contain two suites of rooms, similar in every respect to those upon the second floor. These apartments will all be finished in cherry, with large windows and handsomely designed open fireplaces, to be used if steam heat is not desired. The facade of the new dormitory, which will be five stories...