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...Randall; "Neath Cloudless Skies," by Fred C. Green; "A Sporting Vacation in Montana," by G. M. Dillard; "Moose Hunting in New Brunnswick," by the late E. P. Rogers; "Lenz's World Tour Awheel"; "Finnish Fish and Fishermen," by Fred. Whishaw; "Guns and Shooting," by Ed. W. Sandys; "The Great Dismal Swamp," by Alex. Hunter; "The New Hampshire National Guard," by George H. Moses; "Football," by Walter Camp, and the usual editorials, poems, records...
Aristophanes's plays sparkle with jests. The humor is often broad and sometimes coarse. Whether Aristophanes wrote merely in fun or for a serious purpose is a mooted question. If he intended to bring about a reform, he made a dismal failure. Great as his talents were, he took no stock in tragedy or philosophy, but chose to exert all his energies in comedy. His efforts were well rewarded, for he still remains the greatest comic poet of all time...
...spite of a dismal, chilling rain that kept up more or less constantly during the practice of the 'varsity football squad yesterday afternoon, the men, for the most part, put considerable snap into their work...
...weather in Pittsburg was damp and dismal, and the men were not sorry when the train started Thursday afternoon for Cleveland. The members of the clubs had a much needed rest of a day here, and on Friday gave the best concert of the trip. The musical clubs of Harvard, Yale and Princeton all gave concerts in Cleveland within one week and some of the alumni of the three colleges proposed giving a cup to the clubs that gave the best concert. A committee of judges was appointed, but the plan was finally given up. A dance was given...
...work that has been done in the past. For him have his ancestors toiled for generations; for him has a college been founded, and for him has the world been growing better and happier ever since the beginning. But there can be no more narrow or dismal way of looking at one's life than to regard it as the perfection of all efforts of the past. Rather, it is but a step in the attainment of the final end. Every life should be a life of preparation, of helping others and making the world ready for Christ's second...