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Dion Boucicault's definition of aestheticism: "AEstheticism proper is the love of the beautiful in art, while modern aestheticism is the love of the grotesque...
...What makes him part his hair in the middle? Only a step-ah in the cawse of his development-ah. Development into what? Into womanhood-ah. Another joke ah, be Jove-ah. By-the-way, what does he think of Emerson's idea of the non-combustibility of modern agnosticism? My deah fellah, he has not the slightest ideah. Fact-ah. Joke-ah, number thwee. Jerusalem, you are pwessing mattahs too fah. At Hawvawd we feel ah that we ah must patronize Emerson a little-ah, but the awdawcious fellah, actually-ah. - Yes, this is a Harvard Senior...
CERTAIN changes will probably soon be made in the system of Honors in Modern Languages. A new scheme has not yet been definitely determined...
...item in the Echo a few days since announced the establishment at Columbia of a six-year honor course in modern languages. Scandinavian, unknown at Harvard, is included in the list; and, as far as we can judge without fuller information, the course seems to us a very complete and judicious one. That some change must soon be made in our own method is evident, and the example of Columbia may well be cited as a move in the right direction. A course covering six years will certainly be an inducement to those interested in the study of modern languages...
...would you translate 'nimium!" "Well, Professor, I should think it was about equivalent to the modern 'too, too.' - University Magazine...