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...Haven oracle puts it at twenty-five, where as the real number is twelve, not including the three business editors. From time to time the News manufactures such items for its readers, pointing proudly to its own board of eleven, the publication of which, by the way, serves to help fill up the editorial column every issue. We do not make any claims to rival our Yale contemporary, far from it, but if an addition of one editor makes the difference between the two papers, we can only say that we consider ourselves extremely fortunate in possessing that one editor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/22/1885 | See Source »

...country poor scholars sometimes act as hotel waiters during the vacation to make money enough for next term, but their energy does not compare with that of a young Russian Jew, now studying chemistry at Berlin, Too poor to carry on his studies unaided, and too proud to receive help, he has got employment in the night brigade of street scavengers, and works away briskly for a small wage.-N. Y. Post...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Note and Comment. | 1/17/1885 | See Source »

...wise men and the man with the powerful eyes, and the great men of the city, entered the building. The man with the powerful eyes led the way, but on entering a certain room he drew back and said, "Gentlemen, I have found darkness at last, I cannot help you, but give me but a mere candle, and I will disclose to you all the mysteries of this truly dark place." "Alas! We cannot afford it," cried the great men of the city, and for all I know the mysteries of that building are unsolved today...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Appeal. | 1/10/1885 | See Source »

...present appreciate how much they lose in being deprived of the services of such a friend of boating as Mr. Watson has been. In the past, he and the older boating men of Cambridge have done all in their power to help the younger ones. They have no cause to regret their advice, but if it is to be considered an interference, the members of the H. U. B. C. will hereafter be allowed to paddle their own canoe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Open Letter from Professor Agassiz. | 1/8/1885 | See Source »

...wish to shirk any responsibility, or to get rid of any duty belonging to this office. We have never sought this position, and do not now seek or desire it. We accepted it simply from a sense of duty and a willingness to help on the interests of our old club We have always been ready to give you our advice, whenever asked, and to assist you in every way within our power. We regret that our efforts have not been better appreciated, or received more in the spirit in which as we consider, they should have been...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Letter of Resignation. | 1/8/1885 | See Source »