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...work done in it was very interesting, and covers a large amount of ground. Of these courses, which were embraced by a large body of the freshmen, only N. H. 4 could properly be called a soft course, while History 1 and Chemistry 1 were extremely difficult...
...religion and enforces such a belief on its members, must be narrow and must exert a bad influence over all who come under its sway." This has been said more than once by people who pride themselves on being well read and posted on educational subjects. It is extremely difficult to trace to its source any such report, and yet there must be some foundation for such positive statements. Undoubtedly the tendency of Harvard was Unitarian in the beginning of the century, and up to the last few years many of the instructors, fellows, and overseers have been of that...
...always have the effect of making it still harder for the crews who have lost and are doning their best to make a good finish. The referee's boat follows the race in order that justice may be done between the crews. There is no such probability of a difficult question of foul between the leading crews as to justify the referee's boat in ignoring the rights of the other two. As to boats containing spectators or reporters, it may be very important that the race should be seen and reported, but surely the contestants have the first right...
...very natural one, namely, the heat of the seller's eagerness after the almighty dollar. Heat expands, and cold contracts; so we learned in freshman Physics. In what way are we to send a good cold draught across these now red hot prices? The question is a difficult one to answer. A few years ago the Co-operative Society reduced very materially the temperature of the prices of other things; but did not (probably because it could not) do anything regarding the prices of the pamphlets and syllabi used in such large numbers in college. These pamphlets are necessary...
...Varsity last Saturday. The visiting team was over half an hour late in making its appearance. The game was too one-sided to be interesting, though it abounded in amusing features. The batting of our nine was heavy, though the men were not called upon to face a very difficult delivery...