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...knife and fork as our own Cambridge boys at home; and how the two groups compared as respects their physical development. It is but a tame business for an onlooker to watch a student in his rooms dipping his beak into the Pierian spring and then throwing his head back, like a bird, to let the learning get down - because the onlooker can make little of the observation. But when the same student leaves his tomes and is placed alongside some roasted joints and college-baked bread, the onlooker can draw his conclusions, and even long - as we did that...
...Princeton University" cannot be far distant now that, in accordance with Dr. McCosh's suggestion, a department of philosophy is soon to be established, with him at its head. There are to be four or five other professors in the new school. The presidency of Princeton is the prize now awaiting some first-class scholar and educator. - [Transcript...
First round - Stebbins led off with his right hand, but Page escaped by a neat duck, but he tried it once more with good success and caught Page on the side of the head. Page led for stomach and head, but was forced to fight very wary to escape Stebbins' right, which was used with good effect. The round closed a little in favor of Stebbins...
Second round - Page swung his right twice on Stebbins' side with good effect. Stebbins in turn got in two good leads, while Page kept swinging for his side. Soon after Page got in a good round shot on Stebbins' head, which staggered him for a moment. Both men desisted from rushing, each sparring off a great deal...
...just received from President Nathan Lord of Dartmouth College, and asked me a great many questions about him and the college. He left asserting that President Lord was one of the ablest thinkers and profoundest reasoners in the country.' At that time President Lord was not only at the head of the college but of the Congregational denomination in New England. With a bravery worthy of a better cause he followed Mr. Calhoun's doctrines to their natural sequence and he had to give up his position...