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Daniel Pratt has returned to the classic shades of Cambridge and entertains students going to and from Memorial Hall with learned dissertations upon Sam Jones and Sam Small, who, he declares, are afraid to except his challenge to speak in public on topics connected with the bible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/12/1887 | See Source »

...faculty of the University of Pennsylvania is at present making an effort to increase the importance and interest of Commencement week. The students have no class day at all, and very little occurs on commencement day except the awarding of degrees...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/10/1887 | See Source »

...board of directors of the Cambridge railroad has unanimously voted that the rate of fare from Boston to any part of Cambridge, Somerville or Brighton shall be five cents, and transfer checks, except to and from Park Square cars, abolished. These changes will go into effect next Monday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 2/4/1887 | See Source »

DEAR CHAPPIE: - Things are awful dull around here since our anniversary; nothing is going on, except, now and then, a class German, or a club supper. Our president is about to take a short vacation, and it is rumored around among the chaps that he is going to travel with Mr. John L. Sullivan for the purpose of learning to box, as he is going to meet Dr. McCosh with soft gloves in the spring...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Harvard Letter. | 2/1/1887 | See Source »

...architecture and monumental sculpture. The influence of the Hittites was much more marked. A highly civilized people, they had an art and a system of hieroglyphics of their own; they left monuments scattered over many parts of Syria. There was little unity in their art, however, except some peculiarities of costumes, a boot turned up at the toe, and a high, peaked...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Prof. Frothingham Lecture. | 1/27/1887 | See Source »

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