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...association who kept his hat on for the purpose of creating a disturbance. Whatever the directors may do they cannot stop the hissing and stamping when a man keeps his hat on, and unless the members correct the evil of their own accord there is no remedy except the closing of the gallery to visitors. This action will certainly be taken unless disturbances in the future are stopped...
...late years Dr. Peabody had withdrawn from all active connection with the college, except as a member of the Board of Overseers. For this reason he was probably not personally known to many undergraduates at the time of his death; but in the days of his active life here he would have been grieved to think that he was not in very close touch with a majority of the students...
...announcement that Princeton has finally decided to play a series of two games with Harvard, and a third if necessary, will cause no little surprise in view of the events which have taken pace recently. When Princeton refused to arrange games except on an undergraduate basis, contests for this year seemed to be shut off irrevocably. Our future relations. even, seemed to be threatened. However, before taking any radical step Harvard wrote to Princeton to see if her decision was final. A few letters followed and the result of the correspondence is that Princeton has receded from the stand...
...does not mind it. The first business seems like going back to boyish days. But when life loses this element of play, if it does lose it all, there comes the tragedy of real life. It comes when all play is gone and when there is nothing left except tiresome work. He who once worked in play is now driven...
When a man of fifty looks back over the period of which I am speaking, he sees the great importance of this life; the importance of selecting a good wife. Do this with deliberation not with haste; never marry for anything except love. To marry for money is the most idiotic thing...