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...LITANY service is held by the St. Paul's Society at 6.45 P. M., daily through Lent, except on Saturdays and Sundays. A lecture may be expected every Monday evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevities. | 3/7/1873 | See Source »

...inflicted upon it by the Public. It particularly resents a recent article in the Advocate which dared to question the Public's critical taste, and is somehow reminded of the story of "Elijah" and the Bears. In the Bible, as translated for Chelsea, the name of the bear-compeller may be that mentioned in the Public, but King James's version (used in all English-speaking countries) gives ELISHA as the prophet's name. However, this is a mere question of accuracy, and hardly concerns the Public...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevities. | 3/7/1873 | See Source »

...subject as "Wife, Man's Best Treasure," is a favorite one for essays; nor does the following decision of the editors puzzle us, "that it is no breach of etiquette for a lady to greet her gentlemen classmates on the street with a bow of recognition, although she may not have had a formal introduction...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Our exchanges. | 3/7/1873 | See Source »

...deserted depot which provided ample accommodation for one hundred students in 1865 affords but scanty space for three hundred students in 1873; that ranges intended for the cooking of eight joints of meat cannot be made to serve for the cooking of twenty-four joints; that although one waiter may wait properly upon ten men, she may not possess the power to answer the demands of twenty-four hungry undergraduates...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE THAYER CLUB. | 2/21/1873 | See Source »

...means follow that he who contributes frequently will attain an eminence equal to theirs in his after life, yet while here he is sure by his efforts to win the respect of his associates. Most men come here as Freshmen, with but a slight idea of literary excellence. It may be said, to be sure, that even here no high standard is set before them. But the standard of a college paper, if not the highest, is one at least which all who write are endeavoring to raise. Probably no issue, in all its articles, satisfies the undergraduate critic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WRITING FOR COLLEGE PAPERS. | 2/21/1873 | See Source »