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...embarrassing that it should not have been permitted except by his own express consent, which very likely was given, in a practical and highly sensible manner, which robbed the conceited bumptiousness of a number of young cubs - of more importance now in their own eyes than they will ever be hereafter - of many of the strong effects which they expected it to have." "The conceited bumptiousness of a number of young cubs" is good for the editor of the Post, and in our opinion the freshmen should present him with a chromo. The Globe speaks of the freshmen's performance...
Sensible as ever: President Chadbourne of the Agricultural Colleges, so miscalled, says that no young man should go to college until he is old enough to know what he goes for, nor stay a day after he forgets his duty as a citizen, or fails to profit by the advantages afforded him. College rowdies belong at the reform school. - [Herald...
...These, as may be readily seen, furnish great possibilities of decoration. The windows have the delicious oldfashioned window-seats, that are still more charming by being upholstered in the prevailing tint of the room, or else in brown leather, picked out in gold. If the pursuit of knowledge were ever delightful, to pursue it in one of these comfortable, roomy seats, with heavy and artistic window-curtains to give it an indescribable air of cozy seclusion, must give it an added charm. There is a wonderful taste shown in many of these rooms. The students have wisely avoided lace curtains...
...fellow on the crew, is he? Well, I don't know him, but I knew his father - '42, I think - one of the smartest, high-tonedest fellows I ever saw. He gave me a white vest once, and a spur...
...urging you to an impossible work, but to one already well begun. The resort to Harvard grows more and more national, in spite of the extraordinary multiplication of colleges. It is today less of a Massachusetts university, more of a Middle State and Western State university, than it ever was before. This excellent result your zeal will further. That not only Harvard, but several other strong universities East and West, North and South, should have a truly national representation of the people of the United States, is an object which every patriot must earnestly desire, for in the common character...