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...time and attention are devoted to the mastery of minute features of the language, so that one finds, even after considerable study, that although he may have become quite intimate with some of the minor characteristics of German, he possesses, however, but very little familiarity with the language. The correct translation of a noch in a particular passage of Mr. So-and-So's writings does not contribute very much to a person's general knowledge of German...
...pardon me if I don't go into details. Anyway, he is just learning it, and he does raise the most tremendous racket - "racket," by the way, is not slang, as it has survived the ravages of time for twenty years, and Prof. Dale says it's the correct thing - but I digress. Our proctor, in his endeavors to master the intricacies ("intricacies" is good) of this new freak of nature - I mean the dance, not the proctor, - jumps over tables, climbs the curtains, fastens himself to the chandelier, knocks down the book-case, and all this time is trying...
...Globe of yesterday contained an article on Harvard students which should be read by every one who feels any interest in Harvard. It will do much to correct the erroneous views of the bulk of the people in regard to Harvard students. People in general, and particularly Western people, have an idea that it is impossible for any man unless he has unlimited means to send his sons to Harvard. But "there is no doubt a moneyed atmosphere there, but there is underneath that a stratum of air which a visitor never breathes, which Boston people seldom know...
PRETTY STRONG.We desire to express our entire concurrence with our E. C. the Spectator in regard to the arrangements for a four-mile race. Were our oarsmen prize fighters and professional athletes four miles would be the correct distance for the race; but as they are not, we consider that distance brutal, and advocate most sincerely the adoption of a three-mile race. - [Acta...
...never graduated at an American university, we are at a loss to understand where he acquired such brutal practises, but he ought to be hung all the same. The name of the tribe to which the suspended Harvard students belong is not given. - [Texas Siftings.] This item is hardly correct. They were Trinity students. But Siftings can keep the item in type. It's likely to be needed at almost any time. - [Post...