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...Williams the freshmen took a cane into the chapel and displayed it in the presence of the faculty. The sophs couldn't stand this, and a general rush ensued, which the faculty stopped with much difficulty. They soon had to stop another one, and disorder is yet rampant...
...Ridge. His army was impatient, and Lee determined to attack. Longstreet drove in an advanced angle of the Federal line near Round Top, and almost gained that important hillock. On the other end of the line Ewell and Johnson made an attack near Culps, and at evening the latter general was on that eminence. A portion of the Federal line near the centre had also been broken through for a time. This condition of affairs much encouraged the Confederates; but they had not won yet. During the second night the Federal forces were strengthened in the weak places...
...Order League has been formed in Cambridge, and it promises to be a strong organization, as influential gentlemen, representing all shades of opinion on general questions of temperance legislation, have associated themselves in the work of promoting the enforcement of existing laws. The following is a list of the officers: President, Colonel T. W. Higginson; vice presidents, Hon. Frank A. Allen and Prof. Francis G. Peabody; treasurer, Mr. Edward Kendall; secretary, Mr. George H. Ryther; auditor, Mr. Harry Ellis...
...week at Harvard of this society, -occasions which have been rendered famous by orations or poems by such men as Emerson, Wendell Phillips, James Russell Lowell, E. C. Stedman, Geo. W. Curtis, Charles Francis Adams and Robert Grant, -cannot but reflect lustre upon the fame of the society in general. The recent establishment of a general senate of the society, composed of delegates from the several college chapters, is likely to do much to increase its influence. The list of senators contains the names of many men prominent in politics, in education and in letters. It is safe...
...students, when taking lessons of any kind, should prefer the best masters. Unfortunately, the best masters are not always the best men. That the pupils are, therefore, always led into bad courses by the example of their instructors does not follow. There is enough good sense in college students generally to dissociate good instruction from faults of character. The trainer seldom influences the student beyond the purpose of his training. The young man does not make a companion of his trainer, nor trust his morals to his direction. A remedy would be to select an amateur athlete from the graduates...