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...philosophy. It has been said that Locke only needed rhyme to become a poet. We submit respectfully to the author the propriety of turning his work into a metrical form. To revel in a lyric on the "Complex Modes of Extension or Duration and Expansion as measured by Number"! His metaphors are abundant, and show that he had a constant struggle to keep his poetical nature in restraint. His comparison of a sleeping man to an oyster or cockle, his simile in regard to the brains, - that some retain impressions like marble, others like sandstone, others like sand...
...Harvard Eleven went in first, and scored 53, the same number they made against the Bostons in the Spring. After a short pause the Bostons took the bat, and made 130. The game was decided by the result of these innings...
WITH the renaissance in Society matters at Harvard, it seems that a chess-club might be maintained by the students to advantage. A large number of men have some knowledge of this game of games, and would probably join such a club if started, and find it convenient to play one evening a week at least. We learn from our exchanges that several chess-clubs have been formed in other Colleges this year, and it is high time for Harvard to be represented. Last year our College was challenged to play a series of games, when of course all that...
...article on swearing in its issue of October 14, which propounds the following conundrum: "If you lacerate the feelings of the more decent portion of society with your oaths and imprecations, are you a gentleman? " The context clearly shows that the answer "No" is intended. In a recent number we noticed that the Yale navy had passed some resolutions announcing that Mr. Cook is a gentleman. The conclusion to be drawn from these two premises we have never seen categorically asserted even by Yale...
...prospects of the Harvard Medical College were never better. The number joining it from the class of 1874 was unusually large. The effort now being made towards the erection of a new building is well supported, and will no doubt result in success...