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...would hardly be possible for this University race to take place on the same day with the class races, but if it were rowed, say, on the next Saturday, the men would be in condition, and the spectators would by no means have lost their interest. The time made by the University in such a race, together with their general appearance, would also furnish a much better criterion from which to form an opinion of what they were going to do at Saratoga than could possibly be obtained from watching them practise alone...
ALTHOUGH very old, that story about Mr. Malum is worth repeating:- A friend, meeting Mr. Malum at a famous watering place, asked him if he enjoyed sea bathing. "No; the doctor has forbidden my going into the water." "Then you are malum prohibitum." Not relishing the joke, Malum retorted, "That don't hold good, for my sister bathes every day." "So much the worse, for she is malum...
...Sophomore Class Supper will take place on Friday, March 13, at 7 1/2 o'clock. Tickets will be for sale at Richardson's Bookstore from Monday, March 2, until Monday, March 9; also at the Rooms of the Athenaeum and Institute Societies on the evening of March...
...good memory cannot help being of importance to him. A lawyer will find it very desirable, if not absolutely indispensable, to remember, at once and without continual reference to the books, those cases and decisions to which he wishes to refer. Of course, a good memory cannot take the place of forcible and clear argumentative powers, but it can be made a powerful auxiliary to them, and most of our eminent lawyers are noted for their powers of recollection. The desirability of this faculty is, indeed, so evident, that it hardly requires illustration from the cases of physicians, preachers...
...proposed plan of literary contests, and advising small beginnings and humble aims. Mr. C. D. Warner and Mark Twain were both present as supporters, and each made an address. A constitution was drawn up to go into effect upon its adoption by five different colleges. The time and place suggested for the opening contest was New York City January 7, 1875, so that, happening during the holidays, it will add still another attraction to the pleasure-giving metropolis. Only half the colleges represented had agreed to be bound by the action of their representatives, and to some of the other...