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...seen that the tenants of the anxious seats in the front row are too deeply affected to rise. The benediction over, however, and the congregation dispersing, the whole matter is shown up in its true light, for after the church has become nearly emptied a sound is heard as of the rending of garments, and the occupants of the gallery rise and flee, preferring darkness rather than light. Meanwhile the sexton in his task of putting out the lights has his attention attracted by sundry samples of fall fashions in gentlemen's dress goods prominently displayed upon the glittering...
...which students in Cambridge possess, adds a depth and scope to a man's education which is absolutely essential to one who desires to be considered a cultured gentleman. Everyone must know how mortifying it is to have people talk to you about men of whom you have never heard or of books which you have never read. Why then should opportunities to lessen the number of those books and men, and so strengthen the mind, be cast aside for the sake of a boyish bravado or a sometime fashionable negligence...
...Trafford was escorted to the chair, and was about to proceed in his executive duties when a tumult was heard at the door, and a body of upper-classmen made a vigorous rush into the hall. After this stampede had ceased a number of excited young gentlemen endeavored to nominate candidates for the vice-presidency, and finally Mr. John Balch, of the Roxbury Latin School, was elected to the position, his adherants being materially aided by a strong delegation of sophomores seated at the back of the hall. A fresh delegation of sophomores now made their appearance at the door...
...freshmen, who doff their hats and move on to the junior fence, where the same scenes are repeated. As they round the corner of Elm street and halt opposite the sophomore fence, their impatience increases, and scarcely has the final cheer been given when the word "Break ranks," is heard, and an indiscriminate rush for their precious fence ensues; the first, in their eagerness to sit upon the coveted fence are thrown pell-mell over the other side, and a struggling mass contests for the honor of being the first seated, fully five minutes elapsing before order is restored...
...active attention of every student who feels an interest in the matter of importance to the welfare of the whole university. An annual cry goes up from the office of the Co-operative Society over the paucity of members and therefore of money. Last year its echo was heard throughout the year. This year cry and echo are blended. No society, however meritorious, can subsist upon itself. The Co-operative Society is no exception. The great benefits of the society are so well recognized that it is a matter of universal surprise that its members are not more numerous. Only...