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...course too late to remonstrate against this proceeding: but it is not too late to urge the importance of the studies that have been so disregarded; to advise those who have rushed at lightning speed through the pages of Alden and of Fawcett to pass some of their leisure moments in going over the same path once more, with less expedition and more care; to recommend to their attention the seventh and eighth courses of elective philosophy; nor to suggest to the students who have not yet taken up these subjects the propriety of studying them with attention...
...Please pass right through! this stops at Stone...
...simply to bring out of students what is mentally valuable; beyond that it should have no concern. But, unfortunately, our College governors seem to take it for granted that, because a man is independent of their assistance, his brains are inconsiderable; it is quite enough to let him pass quickly by, - run down hill, if he choose (and this, it is thought, in all probability he will do); his efforts towards firmness of purpose and self-improvement are tolerated, but not warmly approved...
...things come unto this pass...
...weeks ago we were pleasantly surprised by Mr. Alfred A. Wheeler, an editor of the Harvard Advocate, dropping in upon us, and though we had but time to pass the courtesies of the day, as we had snatched the few moments between two recitations to make some corrections upon which our issue was waiting, yet we saw enough to show us where some, at least, of the geniality and vivacity of the Advocate comes from. Mr. Wheeler is a fair sample of the intensified life of California, and no doubt sometimes awakens the cool blue blood of our Down-East...