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...financial condition of the different Boat-Clubs is quite satisfactory. Of the $3,285 due Mr. Blakey, $3,211 has been paid, leaving but $74 due. The number of men in the different clubs is: Holyoke, 70; Thayer, 67; Mathews, 60; Holworthy, 36; - total, 233. The only club still in debt is Holworthy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 3/12/1875 | See Source »

...Venice during the most prosperous days of the city. On Tuesday, March 9, Mr. Ware, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, gave an account of the building of the Louvre and the Tuileries, which was both interesting and instructive. Mr. Ware illustrated his remarks by a large number of photographs, and by a diagram of the buildings. The lectures will be continued as soon as further arrangements are made...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 3/12/1875 | See Source »

...through the region of the Upper Cumberland; small sections will branch off from the main line, with pack-mules, shelter-tents, etc., and explore the country in various directions; each section will be accompanied by an instructor who will deliver field lectures on the different beds and specimens. The number of students is limited to twenty-five, and none but men of culture and standing will be allowed to take part in the expedition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 3/12/1875 | See Source »

...third or one half, and that some kind of hot meat be substituted, for the benefit of those students who dislike fish. A similar change might be made on other days. Heretofore we have been accustomed to partake of mutton once a week, and have had veal quite a number of times. Now some persons dislike mutton exceedingly, and a great many consider a mouthful of veal hardly preferable to a dose of castor-oil. When the dinner, then, is composed of one of these meats, they have but two alternatives, - to eat what is set before them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/12/1875 | See Source »

...NUMBER of our exchanges have recently insisted upon the vital importance of the study of political science in a country where the government, like ours, is in the hands of the people. A few weeks ago the Magenta published an article of similar import. It was written by some enthusiast, who desired the formation of a political club, where the leading questions of the day could be discussed and settled by the wise brains of a dozen students...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 3/12/1875 | See Source »