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...Hill is pleasing in thought, but lacking in melody. The most interesting portion of the issue is, of course, the correspondence from the various chapters. Williams heads the list, and all the communications give evidence of the great interest which is taken in the society among the various colleges. The editor from the Harvard Chapter is Mr. Fraser, '86. His report is interesting in exhibiting the activity of his chapter. Among other items we are informed that the seniors of the chapter are to give a spread on our next Class Day. The society boasts some of our most successful...
...never speak in any of them, but express our ripest ideas for the most part in the questionable dialect of Romany. It is true, as the writer claims, that the use of slang at Harvard is almost universal. To illustrate. Let us drop from the college vocabulary that long list of slang words and phrases beginning with the ubiquitous "chestnut" and ending with the non-committal "rot" and we at once appreciate the sphere which slang has come to assume in Harvard life. Our conversation would henceforth lose its elegance, its pungency, its accuracy. Yes, slang is prevalent at Harvard...
...such men as Baker and Goodwin are objects of pride and admiration to their countrymen, still the fact that they confine their powers almost entirely to college games and seldom enter open amateur competitions, detracts considerably from their importance as representatives of athletics in this country. * * * What a splendid list of high jumpers we have now. Page, little, wiry, cat-like Page, hit the record such a crack this year as to send it up to 6.00 1-4. * * * Then Reinhart stands at 5.10 1-4; Atkinson, 5.9 3-4; Richards, 5-9 1-4; Whitehorn...
...Glee Club holds frequent rehearsals. We shall publish a full list of its members soon...
...necessary to the pursuit of such studies as Philosophy and Political Economy, and its field is gradually widening. The languages, History, and (at least in the mathematical seminars) Mathematics, are all beginning to recognize the use and need of this exponent of knowledge; while last year's list of forensic topics shows how well adapted theses are to deal with other subjects, as Natural History. Now, theses writing tends to become necessary in just the degree in which written examinations tend to become useless, - in proportion to the advent of a more general character in our studies. Wherever, then, theses...