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...length been finally decided that the tug-of-war contests at the inter-collegiate games this year shall be pulled for five minutes instead of ten, as formerly. The reason for this shortening of the time is because the strain is much greater on cleats than on the ground...
...poor joke, as old as the hills. But it is not worth while to dilate at greater length...
...sudden your meditations are rudely dispersed and your thoughts brought to earth again. Looking up, you find you have brushed against a man who appears for all the world like a battered veteran of the wars, but whom, by his cap, dress, spectacles and other insignia, you recognize at length as a German student. His face is scarred and seamed, it may be that part og one ear is gone ; certainly his appearance is redoubtable. The apology which rose to your lips, however, dies away unuttered when you notice his insolent stare and catch the words, "Wie viele dummer jungen...
...attended usually without much pleasure, and frequently with much discouragement. Second, this continues (provided the discouragement does not prevail) until the reader finds some one production which really appeals to him. The author of this becomes in his estimation the only one worth reading. Third, from this he at length begins to branch out, and, having once appreciated the force of literary beauty, he gradually learns to appreciate it in other writers, and to distinguish their excellencies from their defects. From this, Mr. Wendell draws his plan for studying literature. He recommends, in the place of any systematic course...
...small. How to remedy this defect has been the question. Men really ought to get more idea of the courses, which they choose than they can obtain from the regular pamphlet. Last year, the department of political economy, with considerable enterprise, made up a supplementary sheet, detailing at more length the necessary information. Besides such help even, men often wish to consult the instructors on the different subjects. But the instructors are hard to get at, and the result is that many men choose their courses at random, or on the warped advice of personal friends. This year, Professor Laughlin...