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SOPH. (with an air of ennui). I used to go to the theatre a good deal in my Freshman year, but I don't care anything about...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LETTER-WRITING. | 10/15/1875 | See Source »

...should avoid having the almost endless variety of shades which are called "crimson" by the venders thurst upon us at such a time. Moreover, by employing this firm, we have a place where we can always obtain the true color, and be perfectly sure that we are getting a good article...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/15/1875 | See Source »

...probably be commenced on the other half of the window, which, when completed, is to contain a corresponding figure of Columbus. After the ice has thus been once broken and a window fairly erected, it is to be hoped that other classes, beholding the beauty thereof, will copy the good example thus set before them, and evince their interest by contributing liberally to the furtherance of the work of adorning our grand banqueting-hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/15/1875 | See Source »

...most of this scheme of election, and by making the committee on allotment of offices individually representative of a fixed numerical constituency, it secured itself a more peaceful election than some of its predecessors. But the inherent defects of the '75 system are such as to make it only good as a temporary expedient, and such an expedient was absolutely demanded by the peculiar nature of that class. The system employed a year ago was generally recognized as a decided step towards open elections, in the best sense of the term, and as such was heartily welcomed by Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CLASS ELECTIONS. | 10/15/1875 | See Source »

After some proficiency had been acquired in these pursuits by our students they could challenge other colleges, and then perhaps we might have the good-fortune to meet with the students of the University of Vermont, who, being accomplished in the science of agriculture, would undoubtedly accept an invitation to such contests, provided that there were no gamblers or blacklegs to mar the rural simplicity of the occasion. What a proud day it would be for old Harvard to witness her sons manfully endeavoring either to outplough and outhoe their competitors, or to dig ditches of given lengths against time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHY THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT DID NOT GO TO SARATOGA. | 10/15/1875 | See Source »