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WE cannot be surprised at any construction that can be placed upon the loosely worded rule made at the late Boating Convention, but we confess to a hearty surprise at a bit of information in the Courant. It seems that a consolidated nine is to be picked from the Scientific...
WE do not object to heaviness in its proper place, but it is equally disagreeable in biscuit and in college papers. It is not mere dulness and inanity that we refer to, because such things are likely to happen in the best edited Magenta, but downright, ponderous sermonizing. The Denison...
"The Study of Astronomy" is a nicely written rhapsody, indulging in such flights as these, "To his mind uninstructed in the mysteries of science, the starry firmament must have presented a great and wonderful scene. Its silence! its splendor! its immensity! its blue diamond-studded arch, resting upon the unseen...
Harvard College, in its printed advertisement, published in the Atlantic some time since, said: "The University respects, and does not seek to influence, the religious opinions of its students." To this it adheres. The topic of religion is not introduced in the College exercises except when the subject necessarily suggests...
But the influence of the College will be best ascertained if we look at the religious life of the students. This, among those who make any claims to being religious men, is of as high a character as at other colleges. Certainly, men do not pretend to religion from selfish...