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Judge Gideon Wells, president of the Yale Alumni Association of Western Massachusetts, is put forward by the Springfield Republican for fellow of Yale College. His choice, it is urged, would be a proper recognition of Massachusetts' interest in the old university...
...with, and comprehended in sensible, remunerative work. It is the duty of every man who is blessed with an opportunity to rest from the sterner duties of life to so cultivate, so use his time that the highest good may result not only to himself, but also to his fellow men. The use of leisure time may be made of so much import to society that its abuse will result in a serious detriment to the character of society. It ought to be felt by every man of leisure that he is offered an opportunity to improve society...
...feel assured that the men guilty of this sort of thing have acted as I have described, out of pure thoughtlessness, - at any rate, such is to be hoped - and with no intention of infringing upon the rights of their fellow students. But if, by some chance, their conduct is guided by other motives, - motives of an improper kind, it is well to let them know that college opinion justly condemns such acts as theirs, under the name of petty school-boy tricks...
Next to his physiognomy a man's note-book is important in judging his character. There may be some who will not believe this; but they will be found to be the unobserving among us, those who lose the greatest benefit of a college course, knowledge of one's fellow men! Note-books have as many individualities as the men who write them, always remembering that, aside from the general classification, some books will be found to include one or more of the characteristics of several classes...
...true and natural, our lives faithfully written, would not be worthy of men's eyes and hold men's hearts. Not one of us, therefore, who, if he be true and pure and natural, may not, though his life never should be written, be interesting and stimulating to his fellow men in some small circle as they touch his life." Who can fail to feel the truth of those few simple words and the encouragement they give us all, and especially the young, who are just beginning the battle of life to be "true" and "pure," to be themselves manly...