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Whether last evening's vote of the Faculty is wise or not is to be seen in future years; whether they have really acted towards the prosperity of our beloved college remains yet to be proved. For the present at least the deed is done, and as we think, perhaps, one of our most manly sports has been torn from us. But are we actually in a position to question the wisdom of this action? Stop a moment and think; do we, as undergraduates only in this college, consider that we can judge, with that judgment that comes from experience...
...started in the early part of the last century, and takes its name from that of its founder. His purpose was to denounce the Roman Catholic Religion, but this idea was dropped long ago. There were to be four lectures a year on subjects laid down in the trust deed. Later these four lectures were spread over as many years, and this plan is still in operation...
...exposed. If the child was found to be sufficiently perfect to live he was allowed but a few years under the influence of his mother, being early taught the use of arms; and on becoming of age at fifteen years he was expected to distinguish himself by some gallant deed at the head of his twelve Busuks. When a boy and girl were engaged each had to give a dowry and if the engagement should be broken inside of three years the one breaking the engagement lost the dowries...
...Phillips delivered the funeral oration over the body of his friend Garrison. Five years later he laid down a life which had done for the cause of American liberty a deed which may not be forgotten by those who consider themselves true Americans. The eloquence, wit and sarcasm of Wendell Phillips were unequalled. His pity and sympathy, and his constant open-heartedness, were far-famed. His love for the city of his birth was intense, and he expressed it many times in his public speeches...
...which, perhaps, she could be spared altogether. The circumstances were laid before the Boston papers and, without exception, they consented to make no mention of the young man's name on the following morning. It was a subordination of business enterprise to humane sentiment highly to be esteemed. Any deed that tends in the least to mitigate the heavy affiction awakens in us all the warmest gratitude. In the name of the University we thank the Boston press for their kind consideration...