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CLASS DAY, or the mutilated affair which took the place of that ancient rite, was a success. The day itself was perfect, - no heat, no dust, no rain. The Seniors seemed to be bound that the quality of the amusement should make up for the quantity. The sensations in the morning were rather singular; sharing in expectancy of something to come, the missing of something that was not, and a general feeling of lie-on-the-grass laziness taking precedence of all other emotions. The average undergraduate discussed the chances of the match, the amount of money he was going...
...boats came into dangerous proximity; for a few strokes they rowed over and under each other's oars, and people held their breath. "Harvard, Harvard!" shouted the referee, and Harvard, responding to a slight strain on the rudder-lines, and to the only spurt they were called on to make, drew slightly off from Columbia, forged rapidly ahead, crossed Columbia's bow, and now, in the third mile, left her five lengths behind and in the outside position. This was accomplished by cool, powerful rowing and skilful steering. Columbia's hard work was telling on her, but still, with...
...they, in their turn, will uphold the ancient name and fame of the University, will show that it has a right to exist in the men whom it produces from year to year. As arms are for those who can use them, so education is for those who can make it valuable; and we trust that it will prove that the influences here have developed high culture, have inspired manly thought, have incited to pure and noble lives...
...they have in view is to reclaim the uncivilized members of their town, and eventually of the United States, from the depths of barbarism to which they have sunk, - they wish to make a nation of gentlemen. They argue that it can be done in this way: it is a generally admitted fact that good manners spring naturally from a good heart; is not the converse of this true, that a good heart can be produced by educating the manners to the proper degree of perfection...
...often came to blows over the merits of rival instructors, but the most serious rows were between town and gown, - for the students of "the fair metropolis of the world of mind" then strove with as much eagerness as the students of the metropolis of America now strive to make their occupation known by the distinctive academic dress...