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...certainly, is better able to do this than Mr. Riddle, of whose reading of Cleopatra I heard Mr. George W. Curtis say, "He had never before realized that a man could so thoroughly identify himself with the character of a woman as to make you forget that the woman was not speaking...
...could live comfortably without them, while others, who have to stint themselves in regard to food and clothes, are refused because they do not obtain the required per cent. Under the elective system, where there is so much difference in the courses and professors, to conclude that one man is not as studious or has not as much ability as another because his rank happens to be lower, seems to us exceedingly illogical. It is the cause of real mischief to thorough scholarship and sound education. As soon as a student finds that his chance for a scholarship depends solely...
...many took meals there without paying for them, and some were there a week without registering. It is very easy to see how men who have once boarded at Memorial afterwards look upon it as a kind of reserve; but the principle is the same as that of the man who picks pockets for a livelihood. According to the steward, these free boarders have become so numerous as to make a difference of five or ten per cent in the price paid by the regular boarders. Unless this practice is frowned down, a system of checks or tickets will have...
...Vassar Man.THE Vassar Man is a woman. She is a woman who ruins all her prospects of marriage for the sake of a little French, less German, and a minus quantity of Latin. As near as I can make out, the Vassar woman was created chiefly to write little poems on tinted paper; to torture "classical" music out of grand pianos; to furnish paragraphs and jokes to the provincial papers, and to be adored by Yale Freshmen. The old man Vassar made a big mistake when he founded that Poughkeepsie ranch, for the ungrateful young dames who go there persistently...
...need only quote the words of a Yale player, to show the animus. By way of apology, he said 'that he acknowledged that he played a low, dirty, mean game, and had always done so, and he believed that he played a dirtier, lower, meaner game than any man in the United States.' This grovelling explanation is sufficient. Its honesty is to be commended. In view of the facts, Harvard's suggestion is worthy of consideration, that Yale be left out until she learns to play respectably...