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...that look like engines, but none with a donkey. Think the captain might have been more explicit. The vessel begins to go up and down a little. Do not want any tea, but go down and eat heartily. The cake was very good. After tea I gradually lose my interest in everything. Am not a bit seasick. Wish the boat would not pitch so. There is no need of it Go to bed at nine o'clock and sleep soundly all night...
...exchange, - nor are we slow to recognize the Atlantic, Every Saturday, and others. Deferring an extended notice of these to some future time, we turn to our college exchanges. Thinking that the feeling current among the different colleges with regard to the contests at Saratoga may be of interest, we print a few of the most striking passages in the various college journals...
...assembled youth looked upon two amateur games such as they will not be likely soon to see again. We do not propose to describe Avery's tremendous pitching, or Bentley's beautiful catching, or Harvard's splendid fielding. The papers have told all that, and it has no immediate interest for us. Suffice it to say that many of the spectators received the impression that her catcher and pitcher won the two games for Yale, and that, with the exception of those positions, the Magenta field was superior to the Blue. - Nassau (Princeton...
...time spent at college is generally considered to be the period best fitted for, and most occupied by, reading. It certainly is the best for such occupation, since reading must be most profitable when done in connection with the study of such subjects as interest and attract us. The knowledge which we acquire in the lecture or recitation room helps us to understand and appreciate many works which might otherwise seem too advanced; and, on the other hand, the perusal of entertaining books on science or history inspires us with new interest in previously dry facts, and fills...
...beautiful afternoon of Wednesday, July 15, saw the grand stands at the foot of the course reasonably well filled with those taking an interest in the result of the Freshman and Single-Scull contests. After a long delay, the boom of the signal-gun from Snake Hill sent a thrill of expectation through the spectators. A few minutes later the starting-gun announced that the crews were off. No signals being used in this race, the position of the crews could not be ascertained till the last mile was entered upon, when the white shirts of Yale showed...