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...duty of the president to pass sentence according to the verdict, but, if the student can show good cause, he may lower the grade of the offense or remit the penalty entirely. "But," though the president has this pardoning power, "he cannot in any case impose a heavier penalty than that of the grade fixed by the jury...
...constant medium for the diffusion of noble ideas. The wide appreciation of Shakspere is due to the stage; for multitudes it has performed the office of discoverer." After speaking of the unjust opprobrium which has been cast upon the dramatic profession on account of the short-comings of the lower stratum of actors, Mr. Irving closed by saying, "I have been an actor for nearly thirty years, and what I have told you is the fruit of these years' experience. The calling to which I belong is worthy of the suppot and sympathy of all intelligent people...
...valuable to the literary guild. Some great Frenchman used to solve his mathematical problems in his sleep. Tartini wrote the Devil's Sonata in the presence of his majesty, who appeared before him, as he slept. This must have been very soon after that feast in the lower world, reported by Lamb, where
...Bachelder, L. S. Of these all contested except Fessenden. All the contestants succeeded in clearing the bar for the first few trials, then Lander failed, followed by Bachelder and Rogers, leaving Clark the winner, with a record of 4 ft., 6 in. This is 2 1-2 inches lower than the jump made by Chamberlain, '86, last year...
...dreamy floating? It is baptised with the unspeakable filth of a dozen sewers which discharge into the river, its limbs are sadly swollen, and the slime of the river has veiled the staring eyes. Then, after many, many hours of quiet floating, it is espied from one of the lower quais. Now comes the rush of curious bystanders, the ropes which the officers of the Morgue let down to grapple it. Then it is put into the dead cart, while the frivolous crowd solemnly bare their heads; and at last it finds a resting place on a rugged couch behind...