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...compilers of the Book of Sketches from the Lampoon have not published an edition of their excellent book with cloth covers. The book is worthy of a much better cover than the cheap one that adorns the present edition, and the majority of those who buy it would willingly invest a little larger sum than the price now charged for the sake of having a pretty and durable book for the library...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/2/1882 | See Source »

...PHILANTHROPIST in doubt where to invest his money for the greatest good of the public would have had his doubts dispelled if he had passed the Bursar's Office at any time on Tuesday night. The sight of nearly a dozen men sitting up all night to secure some of the poorest rooms in college because they could get none in any other way, would have moved a heart of stone, to say nothing of the heart of a philanthropist. Unfortunately no philanthropist passed by, and the prospect of new dormitories is as far off as ever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 6/4/1875 | See Source »

...thing to turn the hardened student from his evil ways, and give him the true view of life. The disappointment they show when refused can surely result from nothing but their sorrow at our blindness to our own interests, and is enough to make a tenderhearted man repent and invest. The utter absurdity of the articles offered for sale makes no difference; for the man who tries to make you, who always wear laced shoes, believe that the Combined Bootjack and Towel-rack is an indispensable article, lingers as long in the room as the man who sells Bibles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHARITY. | 4/4/1873 | See Source »

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