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...Sophomore class of the Vermont University have been suspended and fined $2 each, for disorderly conduct in raising a flag on the college park flagstaff a few nights ago; and the Freshman class have been fined $2 each for cutting the pole down...
...were a betting man, I would like to wager something that, when the "flag drops at the half" on the race-track of life some twenty years hence, Smudge, in spite of the amount of weight he must carry in his shoes, in spite of his ungainly gait, and in spite of the lead and better position Augustus had at the start, - in spite of all these, - will be more than even with him, and I should not wonder if Augustus were "nowhere" on the home-stretch...
...blood had been shed for old England's-flag...
...window represents the Chevalier Bayard standing on the field of battle clad in the armor of his time. The attitude is graceful and majestic, and the effect of the figure is greatly enhanced by its being brought out in bold relief against the folds of the rich blue flag which forms the background. The selection of the tints which compose the armor displays the perfect knowledge of the maker as to what was exactly necessary, and the subtile disposition of them is strikingly beautiful. Moreover, the effect of the window, instead of being diminished by its distance from the ground...
...comment; it is to be hoped that the other boat-clubs of the College will immediately follow the Weld Club's example. The adoption by the boat-clubs of another permanent distinguishing mark has been suggested. In the Library is a card on which are printed in colors the flags of the various college boat-clubs of Oxford University; with the dark-blue flag of the University in the centre, these bright-colored flags have a very brilliant effect. It would be perfectly possible for the boat-clubs of Harvard to choose flags of a similar sort. Five flag-staffs...