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It will probably seem nonsensical to many to speak of any practical use to which boxing may be put as a means of self-defence in this law-abiding country, in this age of the "frequent peeler." It is likely that many of us will never fight a battle with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOXING. | 12/18/1874 | See Source »

"A few weeks ago we were pleasantly surprised by Mr. Alfred A. Wheeler, an editor of the Harvard Advocate, dropping in upon us, and though we had but time to pass the courtesies of the day, as we had snatched the few moments between two recitations to make some corrections...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 12/18/1874 | See Source »

At this juncture "the colored crew pulled nobly," seeing which, Bruiser, bow-oar of Yale, raised his oar, and brought it down upon the devoted head of Ephraim G. Stubbs with great violence.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE COLORED RACE. | 12/18/1874 | See Source »

Another and perhaps the most important step towards the selection of the 'Varsity crew at Cambridge is the "Trial Eights." Substitute the word "Sixes," and it becomes applicable to Harvard as well as to Oxford and Cambridge. They - "the Trials" - are just getting under way here, and a short account...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOATING AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY. | 12/4/1874 | See Source »

The study of Greek literature should be governed by the same laws which we should follow in studying our own literature. Surely no rational being would deny that in reading a great play in any language, the object is, first, to grasp the action as a whole; secondly, to learn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GREEK AT HARVARD. | 12/4/1874 | See Source »