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...always listened to, yet the reform of an abuse, now and then, encourages us to hope for consideration in future. Our present grievance is the gas in Holworthy, which seems so far to partake of the universal feeling in regard to the next two weeks, that instead of making light of it, it is subject to sudden fits of depression, varying in length from five minutes to an hour. The importance of remedying this defect will be seen by any one who considers the awkward situation of one who sits down to a night's work for a coming examination...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/13/1874 | See Source »

...those who wish can matriculate at almost any of the universities by a certificate of admission to this College, and with three months' previous study of the language will be able to proceed advantageously. The drill is not then lost. The expenses are comparatively light. Matriculation, including use of library, is at Munich, for example, $3.50, and lectures for a semester one hour a week are seventy-five cents each; i. e. a course of twelve lectures a week for half a year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A YEAR OUT OF COLLEGE. | 1/16/1874 | See Source »

...provided in the room of any student, has always seemed pleasant; of course the arrangement here, quite different from the English, would make it impossible for the College to do such a thing. But really, to prepare a plain breakfast not much work is necessary, nor to prepare a light supper. One entry might unite, rent a room, and have what little cooking was necessary done in it by some one who should come and do the work and furnish the meals to the students in their rooms. The cost of such a manner of boarding would not equal what...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/16/1874 | See Source »

...light upon our mountain home...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BLACK MOUNTAIN. | 1/9/1874 | See Source »

...crescent moon pours out her jar of light...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SONNETS. | 1/9/1874 | See Source »

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