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LAST year the season was backward, the weather was by no means as pleasant at this time as it is this year, and yet on the river there is now much less activity than there was at the same date last year. There is but one explanation of this state of affairs. The novelty of club races has passed away, and any one who has watched the decline and fall of interests in college amusements other than boating will not be surprised. There is not the slightest doubt that we in college have some traits in common with the inhabitants...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/21/1876 | See Source »

...within us. To be sure, women and old fogies apply harsh names to these innocent pastimes of youth; but what of that? Let us stand up like men against the tyranny of Mrs. Grundy. Without these jollifications life now would be doleful, and in the future no pleasant memories of college days would throng around...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NUNC EST BIBENDUM. | 4/7/1876 | See Source »

...Montreal team can be made depends wholly on the willingness of undergraduates to contribute. It is to be hoped that students will awake to a sense of what it is incumbent on them to do, and will subscribe liberally to make the visit of the Montreal men as pleasant as possible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CANADA vs. HARVARD. | 3/24/1876 | See Source »

After the concert the Pierian Sodality played for dancing, which proved a very pleasant termination of the evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CONCERT OF THE GLEE CLUB AND PIERIAN SODALITY. | 3/24/1876 | See Source »

...scenes. The scene where she appeared as a romping school-girl of fifteen was by all odds the best, and was acted in a very vivacious and withal natural manner; but the closing scene, in which she attempted to initiate an impromptu baby-show, was simply ridiculous. However, a pleasant relief was afforded those persons who failed to greet the performance with that enthusiasm which was undoubtedly the correct thing to feel, by the introduction of music between every scene. This was gratefully received, and served to keep up the drooping spirits of the hearers until the close...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THEATRICALS. | 3/10/1876 | See Source »

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