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...annual dinner of the editors of the Crimson took place last Wednesday evening at Young's Hotel. About thirty gentlemen were present. Among the guests were the captains of the Crew, the Nine, and the president of the Athletic Association...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 2/25/1881 | See Source »

...account of the famous passage at arms of Cambridge-on-the-Charles-and-not-far-from-the-Sea, which took place in the latter part of December...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: EXTRACT FROM "THE NEW IVANHOE." | 2/25/1881 | See Source »

...auspices this winter. The last of the course, on the Philosophy of Carlyle, should not fail to draw out a large audience, in view of the recent death of the great apostle of sincerity. A public meeting to honor his memory has been suggested, but, whether that meeting takes place or not, Mr. Mead's lecture offers a good opportunity of paying a fitting tribute to the memory of one whose writings no young man can read without profit. We must also commend the wisdom of the Club in reducing the number of lectures from four to three. Without denying...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/25/1881 | See Source »

...yards, though in this latter a lack of sufficient training and preparation was most obvious. In the Mile Walk we have only one man to look to, and should he become in any way disabled just before an important meeting, we should have absolutely no one to take his place. The same may be said of the 220 yards' Dash, and the Standing High Jump...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SPORTING COLUMN. | 2/25/1881 | See Source »

...said that of late Carlyle became unfaithful to his earlier teachings. This is not the place to discuss the charge. But whether true or not, the Carlyle of the early days must for ever remain dear to the young men whose souls were set ablaze by his impassioned eloquence. Our own University bestowed on him the honorary degree of a doctor. Not the worshipper of rude force, not the fanatical hater of the negro, did it thus honor, but the matchless painter of the French Revolution, the eloquent preacher of hero-worship, and the devout apostle of a gospel which...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THOMAS CARLYLE. | 2/25/1881 | See Source »