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...REPORT is abroad that the mathematical division of Sophomores have been warned against stopping to get anything of a stimulating nature while on excursions. The tendencies of mathematical studies have long been suspected, and now the proof is conclusive. Shall we hesitate any longer to hurl mathematics from our curriculum? - Williams Athenoeum...
...rule no one is an amateur who has "worked in or about boats for hire," etc., etc. Now one Smith, of the Emerald Boat Club, we think, did once upon a time, for hire, catch some fish for a gentleman from a boat. Hence, he is no longer an amateur by the rule. Now almost all our amateur fours, including the Columbia Four, rowed last year in races against the crew in which Smith pulled. Therefore, having competed with one who was not an amateur by the rule, by the rule they too are disqualified and cannot row as amateurs...
This was the spirit, I fancy, in which a great many went to the concert; and as I went up the steps, I own that the prospect was gloomy. However, once in the house, near some very pretty faces, I could no longer remain in my cynical mood...
...dead sea. To remedy present evils, therefore, he wisely advocates the economical method of reading at sight, and gives careful directions for doing so. English is but a medium in studying Greek, and ought gradually to be dispensed with by the advancing scholar until a medium is no longer needed. In this doctrine is the essence of reform. The standard of classical learning in America is much too low; let us welcome a well-considered attempt to raise...
...have received a copy of the Archangel, from Oregon, addressed to the Magenta; the change in our paper's name is no longer a new story, and under ordinary circumstances we should expect it to be recognized; but this time we are forced to make allowances; for the Archangel has banished all secular considerations, and is devoting itself entirely to grief at the Pope's decease, or, as the Dartmouth would say, transition...