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...fiction, the finest passages are seldom selected by the ordinary vandal; here, at least, he marks the best known parts, avoiding love passages lest he may seem sentimental...
...news of the insanity of Mr. Anton Leister has reached us. Mr. Leister was last year a member of the Class of '80, and was formerly a member of the Class of '79. He was well known as a brilliant scholar, and his misfortune is the result of overwork. This calamity brings forcibly to our minds the sad cases of last year, and once more suggests the danger to which our most ambitious students are liable. The present absurd manner of marking discourages many students from doing hard work; but to those who are dependent on scholarships, and are conscientious...
...regretted that the present condition of the University will not permit the abolition of all systems of definite marks. But though such a reform cannot be accomplished for many years to come, the Faculty might give some relief, or at least boldly face the evil. It is well known throughout the college that the two deaths of last year were the result of reckless overwork; and it is difficult to reconcile with this fact the statement in the President's last Report, which reads, "In no one of the cases could the fatal disease be attributed to any exposure...
...latter, it is true, composed a number of the songs, and contributed to the success of the performance by his acting; but the credit of having originated the undertaking, altered the play, and selected the company, belongs to Mr. Curtis. The omission was accidental, as it is well known in Cambridge that Mr. Curtis, though not occupying a prominent position at rehearsals, was the heart and soul of the enterprise...
...Advocate's attack on the Executive Committee seems a little ill-timed, when we reflect that the action of that committee was indorsed by a boating meeting, and when their reasons for "procrastination" are known by most men in college. It does not seem so difficult to apprehend why the Executive Committee should hesitate to bind the College to a race with Cornell, at present our most doughty adversary, when they foresaw as possible what has now happened. We are at a loss to know to whom the term "boating representatives" applies; if by it are meant the crew...