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...answered, with some feeling; "one is not expected to learn any Greek now, you know, until our instructor returns from Greece, having imported the living language with...

Author: By W. G. T., | Title: AUTOPHONES. | 5/31/1878 | See Source »

...assured, will be disappointed; and others, if the plan is strictly followed, will be brought below the necessary 50%. The general principle on which this action is based is not a good one. If instructors are to have this power of changing marks once given, no one will ever know where he stands, and a man may be notified, a year after he has finished a course, that the instructor has concluded, on reflection, to condition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/31/1878 | See Source »

...good order at heart, took occasion to blame a certain policeman whose beat is near the Campus, because he did not prevent sundry little escapades of the students, whereupon the insulted Majesty-of-the-Law braced himself up and replied, 'Now look a'here; if you know my business better than I do, you just take my club and travel. I'll resign.' Notwithstanding this generous offer, the Corporation is not represented on the police force." - Brunonian...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 5/31/1878 | See Source »

...Pray what is that?" asked the Freshman, showing by voice and manner his surprise at the flower's presumption, and his anxiety to know what was coming next...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FRESHMAN AND THE FLOWER. | 5/31/1878 | See Source »

...walking swiftly, was first by far; but the third, tall indeed and large as to his limbs, being left far behind, returned by a road, the shortest possible, among swamps and ditches; and the spectators with much laughter welcomed him climbing over the barrier; nor did any one know, what suffering, he did these things...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: XENOPHON'S ACCOUNT OF THE GAMES. | 5/31/1878 | See Source »