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...maturity. We do not believe in glorification, but we do wish to point to the fact that at the present time there is no department in any direction where success is prized in which '82 is deficient, and there are many where it is pre-eminent. Not out of place here, perhaps, is mention of the '82 Class Supper. Whatever attacks in the past may have been made upon the reputation for order and propriety of '82 as a class, received a full and sufficient answer in the whole conduct of the one hundred and ten Juniors who met last...
...Elective Pamphlet has at last appeared, and a few comments upon it may not be out of place. Whatever criticisms may be made, the classical department has certainly put itself beyond criticism. The courses are complete and numerous, and we see nothing to be desired in addition. In connection with the Graduate Courses, it will be noticed that Harvard assumes the very first rank in the department of Philology. Concerning other changes, we cannot rest entirely satisfied. English remains where it was, German has lost one course, French 5 has been changed for the worse. The omission of Course...
...Riddle's acting it is unnecessary to speak at length. No one needs to have his own good opinion corroborated. Mr. Opdycke certainly ranks second, and Mr. Guild takes the third place. For the rest, where warmth or individuality were wanting, we had the consolation of supposing that this deficiency only made the performance more thoroughly Greek...
...presented with a wreath of laurel. Were it not for the danger of misconstruction, we could desire some more substantial tribute of grateful regard; for few know at what expense of time and trouble he and the other gentlemen connected with the production of the play have labored to place before our eyes the majestic agonies of OEdipus the King...
Poor Jones had barely attained to his twentieth year, but there is great reason to believe that but for reasons of a pecuniary nature, his single life would have come to an earlier end. A change for the better in his circumstances taking place, the young lady's friends sanctioned his addresses and thus became accessories to the course for which he has just suffered...