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MEMBERS of the graduating class who wish The Crimson sent to them next year may leave their names and addresses with either one of the present editors, or at Sever...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 6/25/1875 | See Source »

...improbable, however, that we shall have the use, this vacation, of a telescope potent over both distance and intervening objects, we must content ourselves with what our eyes may show us. Probably many do not realize what a fund of pleasure can be obtained by the unobtrusive use of the eyes, joined to an average share of imagination. To pass through Boston Common, even, on a pleasant, summer evening about dusk, when so many hearts are lost and won, will give an observing man much food for reflection on the proportion maintained between the three factors,-the social status...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VACATION NOTES. | 6/18/1875 | See Source »

During our summer wanderings, wherever they may lie, many opportunities of observing human nature will be opened to us; people can seldom conceal their traits and habits effectually, even when they try; and seriously, I think much pleasure, and not a little "knowledge of character," may be gained by forming the habit of quietly observing the speech and customs of those with whom we happen to be thrown. The man who is always thinking so much of himself that he never thinks of other people, although doubtless he has happy thoughts, will find many a half-hour drag heavily, which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VACATION NOTES. | 6/18/1875 | See Source »

...direction is reform more urgently needed than in recitations,-the plan of conducting them, the system of work, and the requirements as to attendance. I submit to whom it may concern the following plan...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VOLUNTARY RECITATION, AND THE MARKING SYSTEM. | 6/18/1875 | See Source »

Harvard has tried the "shall" and the "may" systems. Unlike the man in the story-book, she began by throwing stones, and those failing she then threw grass. Suppose she sets the example to other institutions by adopting a middle course...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: VOLUNTARY RECITATION, AND THE MARKING SYSTEM. | 6/18/1875 | See Source »