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...Bowdoin Orient publishes a Drinking Song, which reflects almost as severely upon the ladies of Brunswick, as recent articles in the Yale Record have reflected upon the ladies of New Haven. It begins with an exclamation about the "luring looks divine" that "lies" - for "lie" would not rhyme - in "maiden's eyes," and calls upon us to "pledge the maid in sparkling wine." The next verse tells us that
...above all, should we hate the man who lies in his actions. Words can be contradicted and disproved, but the subtle influence of deeds is far less easily overcome. There is, I grieve to say, a class of students at Harvard whose every act is a lie; and, hard as the duty is, it is the duty of every pure-minded man to hate them, to shake the dust of their rooms from his feet, and to use all his power to crush them out of existence...
...only are purchases now made on better terms, but the waste is proportionately smaller. The ability of the present steward in the purchase and executive duties of his office has been the subject of special commendation from the Directors' committee, and the ground for improvement seems now to lie wholly in some petty details of catering, - annoying, it is true, but easily remedied when pointed out in particular, instead of declaimed about in general...
...which is the Indian sled, and which finds a mate in the bark canoe. They are made of thin pieces of cedar-wood, which have been planed perfectly smooth; these pieces are bent up at the front so as to form a sort of runner, but the boards themselves lie flat on the snow, being fastened together above, so that the bottom is smooth. They are made of all sizes, averaging about five feet by two, and can accommodate any number of people. They are so thin and limber that they bend over any obstruction which...
...many wrecks lie in this grewsome place...