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...stove, now undergoing repairs, less a hardship than it might have been; but the want of fresh water for bathing proved to be very disagreeable. As the floats were not yet in position, and the tide was low, the crews which went out were obliged to wade knee deep in the ice-cold water and mud. It was even necessary to push aside floating cakes of ice, which had collected in front of the platform of the boat-house. When fairly afloat, the boats ran considerable danger of smashing their bows against the halfhidden blocks of ice. The seniors went...
...seemed to my self to be wakened from a deep sleep. A being not of this world stood by my bedside. "Come," he said, "I am to show you all classes and conditions of men tonight." I followed him and he kept his word; but the knowledge of only one class remains fixed indelibly upon my memory, and this alone I can describe. We were in the vicinity of a great university. We entered an old-fashioned hedge-surrounded house and found ourselves in an apparently well-stocked library. A large open fire-place yawned at its opposite...
...occasion of deep interest and of more than common significance will occur presently at Cambridge, Mass. Henry Irving has been invited to speak at Harvard University, on the general subject of the stage and dramatic art, and he has accepted the invitation. Mr. Irving's address will be delivered in the Sanders Theatre, on Monday, March 30. The actor's art could not have a more authoritative voice to speak its mission and advocate its cause. The audience will be worthy of the speaker, for it will represent one of the foremost institutions of learning and one of the most...
...columns we print this morning,- and with deep regret,- the ultimatum of the President and Fellows of the University in regard to the petition for voluntary prayer. Signed by an overwhelming majority of the undergraduates, endorsed by many of the prominent alumni of the college, and strongly approved by the leading journals of the country, we felt justly confident that this petition would produce the desired effect. But the authorities by whom Harvard is governed are not troubled by that vice of small minds-consistency. While making the most sweeping changes in their frantic haste to reach the state...
...deep interest which the students take in the recently adopted requirements for admission to Harvard College was shown by the large number who attended the debate of the Harvard Union last night. The first business before the meeting was the adoption of an amendment to the constitution by which the number of the executive committee is increased to five, the vice-president, ex-officio, and one member from each class. This committee will be announced to-morrow...