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...find that men go to the other extreme and fail to learn till their course is completed, how greatly they stand in need of just such courses as the old curriculum required and which would in no way have been irksome or unprofitable to them. If we could keep before our mind's eye some definite set of subjects which ought to afford a broad, liberal education, such perhaps as a well-devised curriculum would show, and subtract from and add to it certain courses, according to our personal requirements, we should be more certain of attaining our end here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 10/7/1886 | See Source »

...dock. Alcohol has been the ruin of nearly every reptile that ever indulged in it, as well as of nearly every man; though Professor Garman assured us that in a practically air-tight jar it did not require to be changed more than once in twenty years. Reptiles will keep for an indefinite number of years in this way, though they lose their lustre and brilliancy. It is wonderful to see the minute differences, of seven seales more or less on the head, the number of vertebrae in the spinal column, the rake of a fin - which go to determine...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Agassiz Museum. | 10/5/1886 | See Source »

...freshman cane rush at Cornell the freshmen were so hard pressed that they passed the cane to a junior, and in that manner managed to keep their much coveted hickory stick...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 10/2/1886 | See Source »

Just received from England, 24 dozen assorted striped Flannel Caps, 475 yards striped Flannel, 350 yards French Flannel. I keep on hand the largest assortment of domestic Flannel. I am ready to take orders for Flannel Suits. Please call and examine. J. F. Noera, 436 Harvard Street...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notices. | 6/25/1886 | See Source »

Just received from England, 24 dozen assorted striped Flannel Caps, 475 yards striped Flannel, 350 yards French Flannel. I keep on hand the largest assortment of domestic Flannel. I am ready to take orders for Flannel Suits. Please call and examine. J. F. Noera, 436 Harvard Street...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Special Notices. | 6/24/1886 | See Source »