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Oxford and Cambridge. - The Inter-University match will be rowed this year over the usual course on April 5th. The latest news reports Cambridge as doing exceedingly well, and, according to the English papers, the race will be by no means such a gift for Oxford as it once appeared...
...statue of Josiah Quincy, former President of the University, which is now standing in Memorial Hall, is the work of Mr. W. W. Story, and is the gift of Mr. Thomas G. Appleton and others...
Take care to choose a good pseudonyme. Emerson once won a Bowdoin prize, signing himself "A Son of New England"; but times have changed, and that would be thought shockingly provincial. Something which would hint in a noncommittal way of a gift to the College in future years would be effective. When you leave your manuscript at the secretary's office state distinctly that it is not an excuse from prayers; for several men have lost a prize through a misunderstanding on this point...
...meeting of the President and Fellows of Harvard College, held July 8, 1878, a communication was received from the secretary of the committee of fifty graduates formally conveying Memorial Hall to them. The gift was accepted under the specified conditions, and a vote of thanks was passed...
...thou 'It possess a precious gift indeed...