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Down o'er the hushed plains, with seething swoop,
THE ordinary decorations of college rooms are very tiresome. Wherever you go the same faces stare down at you from the walls; the same figures appear in the same more or less proper attitudes; the same white shingles with monstrous red seals, and sometimes the same silver medals, with ribbons...
In the final act of the burlesque the very clever song on the Cadets "brought down the house," and the last verse had to be repeated on both occasions. The "personals" which followed also appeared to be enjoyed. No one performed his part better than the pianist, Mr. Shippen.
Another grievance connected with college rooms occurred but a few days ago. The goody in one of the buildings so far deviated from her usual lady-like behavior as to get drunk. While in this state she lost the bunch of keys which serve as an insignia of her office...
OF the many classes of society peculiar to large cities, none is more marked than that of which the grisette forms the greater part. A sort of romance is thrown about them, and yet few ever realize the humdrum life they are wont to lead. Way up in attics, in...