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...best. There are very few, if any, fitting schools in which all branches are taught as well as in a university like Harvard. A man may come to college with the impression that he is fitted for a mathematical course of study, because he was, perhaps, under a good instructor in Arithmetic, and stood well in his class. But this does not prove conclusively that he has a mind capable of mastering the higher mathematics; nor, again, is it reasonable to suppose that one should elect the classics because he could at school repeat the whole of the Latin Grammar...
...remark has often been made, that many graduates of Harvard, despite the instruction in Rhetoric, and the number of required themes and forensics, are unable to write a respectably good letter; meaning, thereby, one that is correct in grammar, spelling, and expression. That this is the case is not at all improbable, as men receive their degree on the average mark in all the studies; and thus a very low mark in a certain study, if accompanied by a high one in some other branch, does not preclude a degree...
...manners and customs of the natives at Yale: "A friend of ours always begins his afternoon parade by standing on the steps of the New Haven House, with an old toothpick in his mouth that he has kept for the purpose. After he has made a good impression he starts down street, stopping long enough to get a cigar charged; he circulates around until the free soup is ready at Eli's, and then slips in and enjoys himself for an hour, drinking on a friend in the mean time. There are plenty of them here in college...
...urchin. We shall be just in time for a warm glass of milk. Ah! here's richness! This is n't milkman's milk. What a magnificent Jersey! I often think a man could never get nervous or ill-natured, could he always have before him the picture of good nature and repose which is depicted in the sleek countenance of a well-bred cow. But come, we must catch this sunset from the top of the hill. Nothing to equal this in Italy, eh? Atmosphere there is too thin, and the sky too colorless. Just look at the reflection...
...drop the colloquial style, I think that the pleasures to be derived from the study of art, in Boston, are not fully appreciated. We have at least two good picture-galleries, where the latest productions of our own Boston artists are exhibited, together with occasional paintings of foreign schools. Then, too, there is the Boston Art Club, where frequent exhibitions are held during the winter months, to which admittance can with little trouble be obtained. To a real enjoyment of good pictures the technical knowledge of an art critic is by no means essential. In fact, the cardinal quality...