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...only restaurant in Princeton a much worn book lay in a conspicuous place on a table...
...students come in and sit down. One opens the book and all note what letter of the alphabet is the second in the second line from the top of the left-hand page. The book is passed to each student in turn, who cuts or opens to a new place. He who has the letter furthest down the alphabet from the letter A has to pay for the oysters...
...importance of thorough training of the students of our large colleges in economic branches cannot be overstated, and it will cause regret to many friends of Harvard to learn that in the rapid expansion and subdivision of studies which has taken place at that university since 1872, the ground covered in the department of political economy has remained practically unchanged. This is not as it should be, for Harvard, with the reputation which it has for originality and energy, should be the most active of all colleges in encouraging a comprehensive study of the vital topics...
...production of lively and "taking" college songs. The most plausible explanation of the change, however, is found in the recent growth and wide-spread popularity of comic opera and similar music of the day. It is suggested that these light and popular melodies are coming to take the place in college life of the older class of distinctively college songs. And so, with the rapid abandonment of all the more prominent characteristics of student life that is taking place, we are now to see the decay of the art of writing and singing college songs. However satisfactory or however insufficient...
...descent of Istar, the goddess of love, into hell, which is also preserved in other tablets. It is a curious fact that parts of several editions of the poem have been found which lead to the belief that there were at one time many editions. The only place where the poem can be found is in Sayce's edition of Smith's "Chaldaean Genesis," which contains about one-third of the poem...