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...Sophomore debating-clubs to take the place of the abolished Sophomore societies, are talked...
...Saturday the Freshmen played the game of foot-ball that was not played a Yale. The game took place on the Union Grounds, and our men defeated Yale by three goals and two touch-downs. The day was very cold and unfavorable, and the ground frozen hard, but both elevens played well, and made quite an interesting game...
This matter of theatricals, which you have suggested, is a very good example of what I mean. You find your friends interested in something that bores you. It would be unwise to tell them that they are fools, for, in the first place, at their period of life that is a foregone conclusion, and in the second place, two can play at that game. Neither would it be wise to retire to your own room in disgust, for man is a gregarious mammal, and you are a man. Nor yet ought you to look as gloomy as a funeral...
...sale in about ten days. The size and appearance of the book will be the same as last year, save that no advertisements will be introduced into the body of the work. Some of the matters of little interest will be omitted, and in its place will be published a complete list of the students of the University, conveniently arranged for reference. Students, whose names or addresses are omitted in the Catalogue, or incompletely or incorrectly printed, are earnestly requested to send, as soon as possible, a postal card, with the correct information, to "The Harvard Index," Cambridge. As usual...
...great many men think that to exercise taste entails expense. This is a false impression. In the first place, cultivation is shown as much by a man's pictures as by any other one thing; and, if we cannot dive into original Jeromes, Meissoniers, Fortunys, etc., we can, at least, enjoy their presence in photographs or engravings such as are to be purchased in Boston for as little as the wretched and oft-repeated prints of Landseer, Ansdell, etc., that cover our walls. Again, a Turkish rug of good quality can be had for nearly the same...