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With such attractions, if ever...
...resulted from the diversity of shades. This movement succeeded, the color was changed to crimson, and a committee of three appointed to determine the shade. Up to the present time, we have patiently waited for the spirit to move these gentlemen to declare themselves, but as the prospect of ever hearing from them has been growing beautifully less as time wears on, and we are no nearer a fixed standard than before, we think it highly necessary, by drawing attention to the subject, to have a settlement effected on this important point...
...another sample of American work, and shows what a state of perfection the art of making stained-glass windows has attained in Boston alone. The present window was executed by the well-known firm of W. J. McPherson & Co., and is the first purely mosaic stained glass window ever erected in this country. By mosaic stained-glass window we mean one wherein all the effect of light and shade is obtained, not by the use of paint, but by the sole use of various colored glasses so disposed that the effect is similar to most elegant mosaic work...
...Probably about two thirds of every Freshman class upon entering college will be shocked at being told that they would ever lose their reverence for religious exercises to such an extent as to study habitually during morning prayers...
...naturalists who have thus far given their services to aid the enterprise. On the contrary, the second summer at Penikese was, to the surprise of its friends, as striking a success as the first had been, and the lists for the coming year were as crowded as ever. But the pupils at Penikese come from a poorly paid class. However grateful for the privilege of studying at a seaside school of natural history, very few among them can afford to contribute even a small sum toward its support. On the other hand, the Professors, disinterested as they have shown themselves...