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Imagine the professor examining another man; and thus disposing of him: "Memory, poor; mathematics, none; language, wanting; perspicacity, none; common-sense, the merest trifle. Why, upon my word, you are admirably prepared for the law school or the scientific school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A HAPPY THOUGHT. | 11/23/1877 | See Source »

Suppose a third man to be thus spoken of: "Prolixity, large; self-esteem, big; secretiveness, plentiful; amativeness, immense; paper-collars, overwhelming. You, sir, evidently are designed by Providence for the theological school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A HAPPY THOUGHT. | 11/23/1877 | See Source »

Miscellaneous.- Lafayette is wildly excited at the recent marriage of a '78 man...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT OTHER COLLEGES. | 11/23/1877 | See Source »

...Colby University the marriages of both a '79 and an '80 man draw forth words of warning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT OTHER COLLEGES. | 11/23/1877 | See Source »

...pretty bad sign when at this late day a man walks boldly up to the southwest door of the Library before he discovers his mistake...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 11/23/1877 | See Source »