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...CLEVER.It's not such a very hard thing, you know, to be clever. Not that I mean to say that every one can be. I only mean that you needn't be a genius, or even unusually bright. You must have the average amount of ability, plenty of confidence, and, above all, you must keep trying. If you keep trying all the time you are sure to hit on something that will pass for a witticism, and when you have once got off a good thing you can afford to be silly or stupid for a month - or until...
...previous bout, being defeated by S. H. Ordway, L. S., with a score of 9 points to 2. The next event, the final bout of the light-weight sparring, between Heilbron and Turner, was one of the most exciting of the meeting. Both men sparred cautiously, although hard hitting was indulged in toward the end. To many Turner appeared to have the best of it, though the judges decided in favor of Heilbron; upon which a number of boorish Freshmen proceeded to display their ill breeding by hissing the judges' decision, an insult we have never before seen at Harvard...
...while he goes through College and the Law School; and that, since the number of courts is limited, some men would be unable to get any court at all, or, at any rate, have to put up with an exceedingly poor one. This does at first appear a little hard on new-comers, but it would be little different from the system pursued in the matter of College rooms. And in fact, does it not seem that when a student who has occupied a room for one year and done nothing towards improving it, is considered to have a prior...
...race with Columbia is in a fair way to be settled. The Committees of the two colleges met in New York, and agreed that such a race would be desirable. Columbia deeming herself hardly warranted in issuing a challenge, though she would be glad to accept one, Harvard agreed to waive all formality in the matter, and the challenge has accordingly been sent. We congratulate the Crew on the prospect of two races. It does seem that after a year of hard training the men ought to have more than one opportunity for testing their strength and skill, especially when...
...hard to wait and wait...