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...past fifteen years this paragraph has been going the rounds of the press. I am sorry to see it again; but I suppose that the editorial barrel has been again turned, and that this reminder of "Auld Lang Syne" has come...
...largest real University in the country, for she seems never to tire of increasing and improving the opportunities she offers for intellectual development, and is doing her best to rank high, in more than mere numbers, among the educational institutions of the world. We have good reason from the past and present to predict a great advance for her in the future...
...sufficient for the customary smoke or after-dinner nap. The proposed plan would leave the hour from five to six for exercise in the Gymnasium or for walking, and, what is more important, would prolong the time for rowing, and allow the crews to get their supper before half past seven or eight. Those who have engagements in the evening would greatly appreciate this leisure hour before six, and we believe that the change would be favorably received by a majority of the students...
...first Beacon Cup was rowed for in 1857, when the Harvard eight oars came in first, with the Union six oars one second behind. Few who were present will forget the desperate struggle at the finish to get the nose of the Harvard past the line in advance of the Union. There was no hope of winning the cup, which the allowance of time gave beyond a doubt to the Union. One or more of the men in the Harvard had gone into the race without proper preparation, and were incapable of doing much more than paddle long before...
...ashes of the happy past...