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...furnish the student with all the muscular development necessary to the undertaking of such a colossal task. Even old Hercules himself would have recoiled if Eurystheus had stepped up with a pleasant, yet not unmeaning smile, and requested him as a thirteenth toil to write a congratulatory letter of eight pages to his cousin, who had just succeeded in obtaining a situation in a "Gentlemen's Furnishing Goods" store at Athens...
TUESDAY, June 22, will be the O.K. Strawberry night. The meeting will be held at I Weld at eight o'clock...
...first one played here, both in excellence, in playing, and result. Harvard, as usual, lost the "toss," but succeeded in scoring three runs by good hits. Yale was even more fortunate, obtaining four runs entirely by errors. This lead was kept throughout, but greatly augmented by an addition of eight runs in one innings. The Yale Nine outbatted us, but in the field had quite a number of errors, though not equalling our number, as the score will show. In the field, Smith, - who took Morgan's place behind the bat on account of the latter's lameness, - Carter...
...Academy sent a delegation of Freshmen some one thousand strong, with two thousand eight hundred Proctors to keep them in order. Many thousand other children from the High Schools and Seminaries of our great metropolis were also present...
...work of the year just before examination, in spite of whatever may be said or done, and they will be forced to "cram" as long as the present system of work is maintained, or, in other words, as long as three weeks of examination cover the work of eight months. During this week, before his examinations began, the man who had worked during the year could do wonders, - working without interruption and completely master of his time; while the unfortunate ones on the "ragged edge" of conditions would have a chance for serviceable tutoring. As it is, examinations follow each...