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...case of two or more colleges winning an equal number of first prizes, then of these colleges that one which shall have the greatest number of second prizes shall be champion...
...Comment. Mr. D-er is indisputably and without contradiction the foremost champion of Greek progress in College, remembering, of course, that the other instructors in the Greek department have equal claims on our recognition. He stands, indubitably and without any doubt, at the head of all the younger instructors, and we venture the prediction that his lecture will prove a powerful stimulus to all lovers of art. Fine arts men, we hope, particularly, will turn out and show that Harvard indifference is a myth...
FOOTBALL. - Interesting game in which eleven men try to kick the shins off eleven other men; failing in this, necks, ribs, and limbs are broken with impunity. The "boss" game takes place every Thanksgiving Day between eleven tramps from Yale and an equal number from Princeton. Twenty-two men retire from the conflict covered with wounds and glory. Much lying done as to why and how this match is lost and won. See Yale, Princeton, &c. - Columbiad...
...state of the case, we hope that these instructors will remember that, in recitation, when a man calculates for one hour, he does not anticipate an hour and five minutes, and will realize the selfishness of supposing that no one of their fellow-instructors has claims equal to their...
...first plan, which was based upon several existing French systems, provided annuities by means of compulsory annual reserves from salaries, supplemented by equal annual appropriations from the treasury of the University, and accumulated for terms of years, which would ordinarily have been long; the second was based upon the English government system, and simply provided a retiring allowance, varying, according to circumstances, from one-third to two-thirds of the recipient's last annual salary in full activity. The first plan commended itself to a large majority of the instructors; but was opposed, for various reasons, by an influential minority...