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...procession on Sundays, in their sealskins and great Gainsborough hats with flowing plumes. Dame Fashion has regulated the outer woman, and it must be Mother Nature who has taken care that the nobler part shall not vary too much from the accepted standard for young maidenhood in the nineteenth century, so much alike and so thoroughly "schoolgirlish" are the daughters she has sent us from east and west, from north and from south...
...problem is still wrapped in mystery. Begun in barbaric ages, when those who studied were supposed to be so exalted over the ignorant throng of townspeople as to be moving in a region of irresponsibility, these customs of college lawlessness have hitherto resisted even the march of the nineteenth century civilization. The tenacity with which they resist all attempts at eradication would almost seem to show that they are grounded in nature. But the secret is they had their rise in the days of arbitrary college government; they were revolts against over-rigid discipline, and having become deeprooted traditions...
...wish to acknowledge the receipt from G. P. Putnam's Sons of a pamphlet preface of the second edition of the "Nineteenth Century," a romance. It is a very well-balanced statement of facts, and will go far to remove the prejudices that have heretofore existed with regard to the novel...
...Russian government removes from the knowledge to be administered all evil effects. From the gymnasia - preparatory schools with a seven years' course - the candidate is admitted into the university with a stock of knowledge manufactured on the above principles. But in spite of these precautions the spirit of the nineteenth century does reach the susceptible youths, and the consequence is that the students are plagued with communism, socialism, nihilism, and other isms, keeping the "courts" in constant session...
...twelfth two men were out; Tyng made a two-base hit over left field; Tower then retired by Dailey to Cogswell. Outs in order of striking followed until the seventeenth inning, when Dow made a base-hit only to retire on second by Carl to Cogswell. In the nineteenth inning Snigg pitched three times; Thayer striking a terrific liner to Woodhead, which he caught well; Ernst following with a long hit to right field, which was only saved from being a base-hit by Lanahan's sharp fielding. Latham then retired by Dailey to Cogswell; Lanahan led off with...