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There being no entries for the three-mile walk, the quarter-mile run closed the meeting, the following appearing as contestants: Messrs. H. C. Dunham, '77, A. L. Rives, L. S., C. S. Bird, '77, and J. T. Linzee, '77. Mr. Dunham won by a head in 58 sec., last year's time being...
...answer, then, to the question at the head of this article, we would advise every man who can, as he values knowledge for its own sake, and for the power it gives for the exercise of a good influence on mankind, to forego half of the long vacation, and take advantage of the courses in science offered this summer, varying the monotony of his life (if such it be) by an occasional trip in a yacht to Minot's Light or Nix's Mate, or by a visit to City Point; or, again, by reading some stirring novel like Guerrazzi...
Students were obliged to exercise themselves in reading the Scriptures twice a day, so as to be ready to give an account of their proficiency whenever their tutors might require it; and all superiors were to be honored like natural parents, by keeping silence and uncovering the head in their presence...
Under the second head are laid down the laws relating to prayers, from which, it appears, that all students, besides being expected to hold private prayers, were obliged to "be present morneing and evening at publick prayers at the accustomed houres; viz: ordinarily at six of the clock in the morneing, from the tenth of March at Sun riseing, and at five of the clock at night all the yeare long...
Absences from prayers and tardinesses without good reason came under the third head, and were subject to the following penalties...