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There is an idea prevailing in the breast of many men who are fond of "fun" of a more boisterous kind, that a Cambridge policeman is a pitiless avenger of students' escapades, whose only desire is to lie around corners and get students into trouble. If such persons would call...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A TALK WITH A CAMBRIDGE POLICEMAN. | 2/20/1882 | See Source »

Despairing freshman - No, we don't think it unreasonable that your examination in physics should consist almost entirely of problems and formulas. The college expects that you are all going to become engineers or scientists. It is moreover a splendid discipline for the mind to cram a mass of formulas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/15/1882 | See Source »

Chinaman don't rock the cradle; they make the sky rocket.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 2/14/1882 | See Source »

INDIGNANT FATHER.[We can offer only two suggestions to our correspondent; one is, not to have any daughter, or, if he must have a daughter, don't let her walk through the yard. However, we can have no sympathy for any student who stares at a Cambridge girl, - unless he...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REJECTED COMMUNICATIONS. | 2/13/1882 | See Source »

Student - "Well, that's what the author says, anyhow." Prof. - "I don't want the author, I want you." Student - "Well then you've got me." - [Ex.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTES AND COMMENTS. | 2/10/1882 | See Source »