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...life is short. But it 's long enough to have some events crowded into it that don't impress even the casual observer as trivial. Such an event has just made its mark on the Fresh - no, Sophomore page of my life. I have taken the Second-Year Honor Examinations; and the results are - well, I say to the public generally very gratifying, but to myself I acknowledge that some surprise is mixed with my gratification. Now, the thing that I have been puzzling my brains over is, why I should be surprised. In a University where the curve...
...respectively their brown scales and winter clothing, and blossom forth in the freshness of the vernal season. With spring comes the dainty crocus, the dandelion, the wilted collar, and the straw hat, and with the straw hat comes the ribbon. But ribbons at Harvard College are as distinctive a mark of honor as the Cross of the Legion of Honor, and about as hard to obtain. Fired by the noble example of the Crew and the Nine, the various other organizations have held meetings and decided on their respective colors. The Echo Board, with their usual enterprise, were the first...
...luck has made my mark...
...translation of Greek and Latin at sight. The examinations in Greek and Latin composition will be postponed until the end of the term, and will then take the place of final examinations in Greek 4 and Latin 3, counting both for honors and for the year's mark in those courses...
...most exceptional nature. His first appearance was made on January 17, in the two-mile handicap, in which he was given 350 yards' start; and he won this with such ease that in the second heat of the same race he was put back to the 75-yard mark, but again won, as easily as before. The third heat found him at scratch, and this time he succeeded in making the best two-mile amateur time on record in America (6 min. 41 1/4 sec.), thereby distancing all his competitors. This third successive victory gave him the $200 silver...