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Now, with such a prospect as this before them, what possibility can there be of getting men of recognized position and ability here for a small salary? The older men here stay from habit, or, it may be, from liking; the younger, because they can't do better. It is...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A COMMERCIAL POLICY. | 6/4/1880 | See Source »

Her poems have the widest range of subjects. In many of them, Nature is handled lovingly. "Daffy Down Dilly" is filled with the very essence of spring. "One misty, moisty morning" might prove a model of vividness and brevity to the many "word-painters" of the present day. Others have...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ELIZABETH GOOSE. | 6/4/1880 | See Source »

In the afternoon the river is a scene of indescribable animation; every one seems to be out in some sort of craft or other, and the picturesque costumes of members of the different boat-clubs add much to the effect. The crews pull down to Abingdon or farther; the less...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOATING AT OXFORD. | 5/21/1880 | See Source »

You ask how I fare now? I am at last in condition of writing from the land of the East. America is a large country. A son of the heavenly empire, should he divest himself of his club feet, could walk from one end of the country to another in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INTERCEPTED LETTERS. | 5/21/1880 | See Source »

Any members of the Academical and Scientific departments are at liberty to enter their names for any of the events, and if at the spring meeting here, they prove themselves worthy to be sent down as representatives of the College, the Athletic Association will pay all their expenses down and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTING COLUMN. | 5/7/1880 | See Source »