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It is not, as the uninitiated may imagine, an irreparable injury to the College or undergraduates to ??? a few hours of recitations. This is not a primary school, where the master must stand over his pupils to see that they employ every moment of their time.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LEGAL HOLIDAYS. | 2/27/1874 | See Source »

Another reason of our shortness of memory is, without doubt, the practice of cramming for examinations. An impression made on the brain during the hours between midnight and morning is not likely to be of the most permanent character. The utmost ambition of some men seems to be to retain...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MEMORY. | 2/27/1874 | See Source »

The keenest enjoyment to be derived from the hours before noon is ordinarily a total oblivion of them. "Another folding of the arms to rest" is delicious, especially if there is a bell in the neighborhood to remind you of the prayer-bell, so that the delicate luxury of revenge...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/9/1874 | See Source »

After a leisurely eaten breakfast, of which the monotony may be relieved by some choice literature from the N. Y. Herald, the next feature in a well-regulated day for this autocrat of elegant loafing is a cigar at a certain billiard-room, which is the favorite rendezvous of Harvardites...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/9/1874 | See Source »

Dances chasing happy hours;

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NAUFRAGIUM. | 12/19/1873 | See Source »