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...PADDOCK, Bishop of the Diocese, will make his regular visitation to the S. Paul's Society next Monday evening, at seven o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 1/15/1875 | See Source »

...colleges to row with or without coxswains, and supported his motion on what seems to us the specious ground that, because it was claimed by some that as good time could be made with coxswains as without, it was proper to allow those who thought they could make better time without coxswains to do so. All boats, we think, should be on the same footing, and the considerations in favor of coxswains are many besides that of time, which, in fact, is of small consequence any way in an amateur race. The motion, it was thought by Harvard, would certainly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CONVENTION OF THE R. A. A. C. | 1/15/1875 | See Source »

...well as in England, if not better, for this reason, that the makers, being on the spot, and knowing the clear light of our atmosphere, can import such kinds of colored glass as are suitable to it: while Englishmen, selecting the tints with reference to their dull atmosphere, generally make use of those which when exposed to our clear light are entirely too bright. As we have a sample of American work, of which we may be justly proud, in the handsome windows which now adorn Memorial Hall, there certainly seems to be no necessity for sending to England...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MEMORIAL WINDOWS. | 1/15/1875 | See Source »

...standing committee shall arrange for a competitive examination in Greek according to the following rules: Three judges shall be chosen by the standing committee, who shall be men of literary eminence, not officers or professors of any institution represented in this contest, who shall examine the contestants and make awards of honor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/15/1875 | See Source »

...weeks ago we were pleasantly surprised by Mr. Alfred A. Wheeler, an editor of the Harvard Advocate, dropping in upon us, and though we had but time to pass the courtesies of the day, as we had snatched the few moments between two recitations to make some corrections upon which our issue was waiting, yet we saw enough to show us where some, at least, of the geniality and vivacity of the Advocate comes from. Mr. Wheeler is a fair sample of the intensified life of California, and no doubt sometimes awakens the cool blue blood of our Down-East...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 12/18/1874 | See Source »