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...most of the articles contributed to the Monthly, but it is worthy of space in the magazine. It is a serious story of human life. The writer depicts with great sincerity the awful influence disappointments and Jesertion may exert upon human passion. The tale is told in a simple manner and the artistic effect is increased by a careful avoidance of all vulgarity...
...gentleman. Some things are best perceived through their influence upon the objects about them. We know that there is a fog on account of the obscurity which it casts about all objects sensible to the vision; so we may perceive the evil of competitive examinations by the manner in which they dim the keenness of the moral perceptions of those affected by them. The mind will not be broadened by an education which is built on the competitive examination system; rather, it will be narrowed by the most superficial and selfish ambition-the rank-list. Knowledge is no longer sought...
...present status of philosophical thought, and cannot fail to attract a well-de-served attention among the students at large. Prof. Goodale is one of the most entertaining speakers in the University, and in view of the position he occupies cannot fail to treat his subject in a masterly manner. Those who are interested in one of the foremost philosophical questions of the day, are earnestly urged to make use of this opportunity to hear it competently and pleasingly discussed...
...three or four sophomores besides those we already have. Another editor from '90 would also be welcomed. We need not say that candidates are accepted strictly according to merit. The requisites are chiefly ability to gather college news and to print it in as attractive and as accurate a manner as the difficult circumstances under which a college daily is conducted will allow. We trust that those of the lower classes who are interested in the sort of work demanded by the duties of an editor will not hesitate to become candidates for the CRIMSON. The paper needs good...
Last Tuesday evening, Professor Lovering's numerous friends assembled at the Vendome Hotel in Boston to observe in a fitting manner the fiftieth anniversary of Professor Lovering's connection with Harvard as professor of physics. The affair consisted of a reception and banquet and was highly successful. About two hundred guests were present, amongst them being naturally many Harvard professors. President Eliot presided, and speeches were made by the following gentlemen: Professor Joseph Lovering, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Dr. George E. Ellis, Rev. Dr. Phillips Brooks, Dr. A. P. Peabody, General Charles Devens, Col. T. W. Higginson, Professor...