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During his entire college course, Macaulay was one of the most active members of the Cambridge Union, which at that time had far less liberty than is now accorded to college debating clubs. In fact, to such a length was the authority of the Vice Chancellor of the University carried, that discussion was forbidden on any questions or political measures, except such as had been proposed before the beginning of the century. This restriction, while nominally observed, was cleverly evaded by framing the resolutions in such a way as to make the discussion bear on current questions, while apparently dealing...
...fate of all," wails our fair A. B., "at one period or another, to pass under the microscope of criticism, and the quivering A. B. seems to be allotted an unusual length of time under the "object-glass." How sad! "A three-horned dilemma presents itself at this juncture: First, the new A. B. signally lacks that very perfection in detail which is breath to the nostrils of society. Finesse of manner can be acquired, but the college-bred have an aversion to artificial veneer. "Are you sound at the core" is their text. Second...
...accustomed to walk about college with some well-known unit, we can better realize how much they all amount to. Let us take, for instance, the blocks on Fifth avenue, New York. They number twenty to the mile. Taking these blocks, then, as a standard, we find that the length of the "quadrangle" from Holworthy to Grays is two and a half blocks, and that its average width is only a little less than one block. A walk around this enclosure is considerably over a quarter of a mile. The width of the whole yard, from Wads worth House...
...principle of morals is Schopenhauer's. He insists that sympathy or pity is unselfish, is in fact the only non-egoistic impulse, and so is the only possible moral principle. Is this, however, true? Is pity or sympathy necessarily unselfish at all? The lecturer pointed out at some length the selfish elements that may be involved in or indissolubly united with the mere emotion of sympathy in any particular case; and so he maintained against Schopenhauer that the emotion of sympathy, not being trustworthy in any sense, or necessary unselfish at all, cannot be the basis of moral conduct...
...arrangements of the Inter-collegiate Press Association are at length completed for giving and receiving reliable reports...