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...groundless. I have seen nothing of the immorality of which we read in the columns of the Middlebury Monitor. Of the success of the higher education for women here, I can speak only words of praise. The young women of the Annex, as well as those of Cambridge in general, are most interesting and intelligent persons. A Miss Antique, who has lately taken a room in our house, I have found to be a remarkable woman. She has read Goethe entirely through in the original. She seems interested in me, though I cannot decide whether she is in love with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A BUNDLE OF LETTERS. | 1/28/1881 | See Source »

...right sleeve was what I at once recognized as a Tabular View, on his left a College Directory, on the back of his coat was the seal of Harvard in crimson; he wore a cap on which appeared the number 2004. From this last, and from his general expression, I judged him a Freshman...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "GHOSTLY FUTURITIES." | 1/28/1881 | See Source »

...work in the Gymnasium so early in the year, is another proof - if proof were necessary - of the hold which the Class Races have taken on the College. Contrast this state of affairs with that which many of us, now undergraduates, can recall, and the marked advance in our general rowing will be easily appreciable. Four years ago, before the old club system had reached its end, the crews of the club-houses rowed at spasmodic intervals, bound together by no ties of class or association, but merely by the tie of locality. The oarsmanship displayed in the races...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/28/1881 | See Source »

...allowances. In July, 1879, Mr. George Baty Blake sent one thousand dollars to the president and fellows, as a contribution towards a pension fund; and, in the spring of 1880, a distinguished graduate of the college informed the president that he intended to give ten thousand dollars for that general purpose whenever the corporation, after consultation with the professors, should have arrived at a system of administration which commended itself to their judgment. Since the action of the president and fellows on the 29th of November last, this gentleman has contributed twenty thousand dollars to the `retiring allowance fund.' This...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESIDENT ELIOTS REPORT. | 1/14/1881 | See Source »

...remainder of the Report refers to the other branches of the University; and we gather from it that in general they are prospering. The College proper has a deficit of $ 9,557.27 for the year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRESIDENT ELIOTS REPORT. | 1/14/1881 | See Source »