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THERE are numerous curiosities to be seen in the public exhibition-room of the Library. It is reached by the iron staircase behind the catalogue. There are illuminated Books of Hours, old calendars, Hebrew MSS., chained monastic MSS., and other objects of interest, which are well worth a visit...
...lecture on "Young Men in Politics," that Colonel Higginson gave in the Finance Club course, last week, he touched upon a point that deserves attention. He stated it as his opinion that there was not, among us, that general interest that he found among Oxford undergraduates, in the political and social affairs of other people, not to speak of those of our own country. We fear that this must be fully acknowledged; while it is much to be regretted that here, at least, there should not be some influence at work against the feeling, "We don't care for abroad...
...there is no possible reason why they should not win in their race with Columbia. Of course it is impossible, as yet, to form any opinion as to the result of the class race; but at all events it promises to rival that of last year both in the interest manifested and the excellence of the rowing. The Juniors are unfortunate in losing so many of their crew of last year; but as candidates are numerous and promising, '81 need not be discouraged. '82 will have much the same crew, and ought to do well. '80 has some very good...
...from entering. The former, at best, is unmanly, while as to the latter no one has a right to be indifferent to seeing his college take a second or third-rate position in athletic sports, if he can aid at all, and every one can aid by taking interest in these matters...
Every one recognizes that the most pleasing feature of our athletic sports is that they are the work of amateurs, and it may be predicted that wherever the professional element creeps in, their enthusiasm and interest will die out. A professional almost invariably becomes the tool of pool-makers and rowdies, and even under the most favorable circumstances he has great difficulty in keeping his integrity above suspicion. The amateur, on the other hand, is free from these annoyances; he is supposed to enter into athletics from a gentlemanly desire to excel in them, and he commands the interest...