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...either in the subjects chosen or in the style of composition, these meet with but little allowance. In view of this, we ask the co-operation of all interested in college journalism, and shall aim to avoid the faults incidental to it, endeavoring to present to our subscribers at least a readable paper...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 9/25/1873 | See Source »

...remarkable thing there was, however, at least in the mind of a brilliant Episcopal clergyman of Boston, and that was, the wonderful ingenuity shown in selecting dull subjects for Commencement parts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 9/25/1873 | See Source »

...Bowie struck out a little, but in a moment fell back again, contented to wait. At the opening of the second mile the large audience were thoroughly roused and eager. The runners quickened slightly, but retained their relative positions till the last half-mile, when Benton led by at least thirty yards, - a large gap which it seemed impossible to close. In the next quarter Phillips and Bowie gained steadily on Benton, who seemed unable to quicken his gait. Bowie passed Phillips, caught up with Benton about two hundred yards from the finish, and, to every one's admiration, made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FOOT-RACE. | 9/25/1873 | See Source »

...good right has made a different choice? The Harvard opinion is, that a Freshman race ought to be conducted on the same principle as heretofore. As long as this opinion is held by a majority of the colleges who send Freshman crews to the Regatta, or at the very least until this question shall be explicitly decided by the Rowing Association, Harvard thinks that the minority ought to yield, as she herself has done in the case of a University race...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/20/1873 | See Source »

...have we not all gained something more, perhaps something better, though we are conscious of it only when the remembrance of some mood or some train of thought of a year ago contrasts it with our present position? If we have not gained much positive knowledge, we have at least got a broader and deeper view of the world without us and within...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SUMMING UP. | 6/20/1873 | See Source »