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As the steps of Billy, the postman, receded from the door, the worthy senior rose, picked up the bill, returned to his seat, relighted his pipe, opened the envelope, and then soliloquized as follows, while he read down the list of items: "Humph, here we have 'em again. Another Xmas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Term Bills | 12/22/1884 | See Source »

Notwithstanding her talkative independence, the Vassar girl always belongs to some boys' college in soul. Secretly she envies her brother or her chum's brother. It is wonderful how many "brothers" they have. Before the Thanksgiving foot ball game between Yale and Princeton they were divided up into factions as...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vassar Girl at College. | 12/20/1884 | See Source »

A few days after Webster had entered Exeter Academy he returned to his boarding place one evening in a very desponding mood and told his friends there that the city boys in the academy were constantly laughing at him because he was at the foot of his class, and had...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Webste's Preparation for College. | 12/20/1884 | See Source »

The 'Varsity crew rowed down the river as far as the Union boat house a day or two ago.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 12/19/1884 | See Source »

It will perhaps be interesting to compare with these American schools the instruction offered at the Free School of Political Science in Paris. The course is for two years, extending from November to June. Instruction is divided into four sections, Administrative, Diplomatic, Economic and Financial, and the General Section. The...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Political Science. | 12/17/1884 | See Source »