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Finally, the sitting and my trials began. The class, it appeared, were to study facial expression; and I was told to look as fierce as possible. I straightened myself up, tried to feel as if my photograph were being taken, and thought of the cruel exactions of the history professor. I flattered myself that every hair of my mustache was standing out with indignation, when I heard one young lady whisper to another, "He looks just like our cat when she's mad." This completely upset my gravity, and made it impossible to look fierce any longer...
...practical use. In Physics, also, there is room for a course which should meet the wants of a larger number. If it is possible to treat the subject in a way that would not involve abstruse problems in mathematics, such a course would be popular; for many feel their lack of knowledge in Physics...
...quite so erudite as himself. He can correct Homer's Greek, or pick a flaw in Newton's mathematics. He is, in his small way, a living dictionary, and as versatile as a trained poodle at the circus. But has he not a kind of fellow-feeling with students, - from whom he is removed by only a few years? Hardly; for that would be beneath his dignity, and he seems to have forgotten the good old days when he did not get high marks, and sometimes went to sleep in recitation. The barrier that separates him from the past...
...very glad to be able to note a decided improvement in the form of the 'Varsity,' and we feel assured that if the present conscientious training is continued, the College need feel no doubt of the result of the race with Yale. As to the class crews, they are all well under way, and, judging from present appearances, the race this spring will be most exciting. The Freshmen, in particular, are doing well, and if they maintain a unanimity of feeling amongst themselves and pay careful attention to their duty, there is no possible reason why they should...
...does not feel a thrill of pleasure on receiving a valentine? How carefully he opens the large envelope, with cupids and flowers stamped on it; how eagerly he tries to detect the disguised handwriting; how complacently he appropriates the pretty motto within, to himself! Appreciating the vividness of this pleasure, and wishing my best friends to enjoy it, I have sent the following valentines to those I am most interested in at present. The first was written with the sentiment briefly expressed on a postal card, and directed...