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...which so often finds expression in America. At Oxford, the debates of the Union do much to keep alive an intelligent interest in matters that every gentleman must, sooner or later, be acquainted with. There, it is "the thing" to think and to talk about them, and to take part in the Union debates. Here, it is not; and this lies at the root of the matter. Until men who are prominent in college take the lead, as once they did, in giving a reasonable amount of attention to matters of general interest in the world, we shall have...
...listener. It was there demonstrated that the dinner was quiet; that little wine was used; that the party were, without exception, sober; and that their only offence against good order was the singing of college songs when on their way through Court and Cambridge Streets. In short, in no part of the evidence did anything appear which could in any degree discredit young men with the College authorities, or which need give any concern to the most sensitive of their friends...
...extinct ichthyosauri. If a linguist, he is for ever overwhelming you with dead roots, and the hidden beauties of a language three thousand years nearer Adam than your own. In a word, in whatever phase this specimen may appear, he is riding a hobby-horse. The disagreeable part of it is, that he wants every one to ride his hobby, and none other...
...been suggested that the four rooms in the top of Weld, which are situated in the part which has the large W, could be made much more pleasant if a window were put through in the place of the W. It would not destroy the beauty of the front; and the W might be put a little higher up. These rooms have very little light as they are now, as there are only two windows, one north, and the other south...
...MUSEUM. - 7.45 P.M. Matinees, Wednesday and Saturday at 2. To-night and Saturday matinee, Mr. Warren appears for the last times in his delightful role of Jefferson Scattering Batkins, "the member of the General Court from Cranberry Centre," in the "Silver Spoon." It is, in many respects, his best part; the piece is throughout most amusing. Before it, is given a farce, "Aunt Charlotte's Maid," the beginning of which is good. Saturday evening, Sardou's "Patrie," which has long been talked of, will be produced for the first time. In it, Miss Clarke will appear for the first time...