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Although we cannot speak of all the attractions of the College Pen, we are glad to see that it by no means neglects the fairer portion of humanity. In one number of the magazine we find an address to the Calhouclaynean Literary Society on the subject of "Woman's Influence...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENGLISH AND ETIQUETTE. | 1/26/1877 | See Source »

If I have not already impressed upon you the folly of expressing an idea, which is not absolutely demanded, in the least different from that which happens to be popular, let me do it now. You will at once be set down for either a bore or a fool, and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LETTERS TO A FRESHMAN. | 1/12/1877 | See Source »

WE have made arrangements by which we shall be able to publish hereafter in every issue a statement of the progress made by the candidates for the University crew. The candidates are being worked, to a large extent, according to the principles laid down in Woodgate's "Rowing Manual," and...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/12/1877 | See Source »

...tendency to use the arms too soon in the stroke was noticed. The shoulders were not kept down and "square" as a rule. The men got better together than on the two previous evenings. Some of the men appeared unskilful in handling the "levers," and from the frequent "break downs" that happen it is evident that the greatest care should be exercised in working the machines. Any carelessness or harsh usage may cause a serious inconvenience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CREW. | 1/12/1877 | See Source »

AT a meeting of the McGill foot-Ball Club on 23d November, the question of sending a team to Cambridge to play with us was debated. One speaker said "that no challenge should be sent to Harvard for a match in the spring; that it was desirable to make this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 12/15/1876 | See Source »