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It is not enough that prices should rise like the mercury before a south-wind whenever a student enters a store, but every unfortunate person who has heard of Harvard must arm himself with a certificate of high moral character, borrow a car-fare, and make a pilgrimage to this...
But the most charming feature in all these men is the intense interest they manifest in our culture and morals. Scarce a day passes over our heads that some philanthropic gentleman does not try to cultivate our taste for art by thrusting upon us poor engravings and cheap chromos; or...
THE present seems to be a very favorable time for the formation here of new modes of recreation and improvement, and for reviving those which have existed in the past, as well as for imparting a new impulse to those already in existence. Within the past year cricket and football...
And another thing which would repay revival here is the game of chess. There are many here who play the game more or less, and some who play it well. But it is most often the case that these persons do not know each other as chess-players; and even...
After the company had honestly disposed of an excellent bill of fare, ordered according to the best principles of gastronomy, and diluted by the fragrant vintages of Mr. Parker's cellars, the President of the evening, Mr. F. R. Appleton, succeeded in reducing it to a reasonable state of order...