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Some of our muddle-headed contemporaries who have been publishing accounts of the "Death of a Harvard student wile engaged in a joke," the following facts may be of interest: The man in question was not a Harvard student. He did not accompany the party of students to Worcester, but drove back the empty carriage. He was not intoxicated, but died of apoplexy...
...positions on the paper are yet vacant, and they are to be filled by general competition. But not only do we ask candidates for the paper to contribute to it, but we solicit, and will accept with pleasure, any suitable communication bearing upon matters of general interest to the college. Our former calls for contributions have been very widely answered, and it is with the hope that they will receive a still more extended answer that we repeat our request...
Next day I tried again, and was rather successful, as will be seen shortly. My interest in the book began to lag, but I was bound to get it. After having handed in my slip in due form, I waited for five, ten, fifteen minutes, and yet no book came. The official behind the desk eyed me more and more suspiciously, and, growing rather uneasy under his paralyzing gaze, I asked, meekly enough, how long I should have to wait: "Oh, is that what you want? Why, you cannot have the book before to-morrow at noon." I fell back...
...Cambridge. Canon Farrar possesses a peculiar faculty for holding the attention of students, and his influence upon them is always very marked. His recognized scholarly attainments lend a deep significance to his words. His sermon last evening in Appleton Chapel was received with great attention and excited a profound interest in all who ere fortunate enough to hear it. We trust that the students may enjoy an opportunity of hearing the gentleman lecture, we hardly need to add that should such an occasian be possible, there would be present a large and enthusiastic audience...
HALF MILE RUN.Much interest centred in this race as it was expected that Baker might break the record. The entries were, Wendell Baker, '86 (scratch), E. L. Blossom, '88, (75 yards), and C. N. B. Wheeler, '86, (90 yards). Baker did not run well, and although he overtook Blossom, Wheeler won the race by about 12 yards. Wheeler's time was 1m. 59 s., Baker's 2m. 5 1-2s. Record, 2m. 4-5s. by Goodwin...