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...condition of the handles of the new chest-weights. A small iron pin passes through the wooden handles, and, as the pin is not securely fastened, the handle frequently flies off, greatly to the surprise of the man exercising and to the detriment of the apparatus. It is very difficult to replace the pin, and consequently several pieces of apparatus are chronically out of order. We hope the needful repairs will soon be made...
...only a few of the colleges of Oxford or Cambridge are admission ex-examinations required, and without exaggeration it may be said that for these the previous preparation and the papers themselves are no more difficult than similar work for Harvard. At the remaining colleges all that is needed is a certificate from an instructor, somewhat similar to that required from our special students...
...life worth living' been asked with such persistency as now. The college teacher should answer it, when questioned by the student under his charge. More than eight hundred Harvard students have petitioned not to be required to attend prayers, and they are supported by the faculty. It must be difficult to maintain a religious feeling in such a state of affairs...
...slight unsteadiness, particularly in the inner parts, was observed at times, but was of rare occurence. In the Beethoven quartet, the rendering was much superior to some of the work done earlier in the series. The audience was appreciative of all but the last number, which proved rather too difficult of comprehension...
...When out of but two lectures allotted to a writer, nearly the whole of these two lectures is devoted to a review of all the petty incidents in this writer's life, and, at the most, one-half hour is spent in the consideration of his writings, it is difficult to believe that we are gaining our object in taking this course. With some authors we might pursue this method with advantage, but it seems to be unnecessary to do so when we come to discuss an author whose life and actions were of such shameless degradation that they should...