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...present rowing on the Freshman crew are Hodges (stroke), Otis, Hall, Nickerson, Green, and Weld...
...Junior eight, at present the immediate members of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, have elected Mr. W. Richmond, Recording Secretary. At the annual meeting, the day after Commencement, the orator will probably be Charles Francis Adams, Sr.; the poet has not yet been fixed upon; the marshals, from the Junior Class, will be Mr. Richmond, chief, and Mr. Wigglesworth and Mr. C. F. Withington, assistants...
...candidate a selection of one or more of the five subjects,- Languages, Natural Science, Mathematics, History, and Philosophy. Under these different heads some option is also possible, but the examinations are searching, and fully represent the ordinary college requirements in these branches. In fact, some of the specimen papers present a singularly familiar aspect Much good advice is also given on the manner of pursuing the different studies, - particularly Classics, - which, if followed, will go far to correct the very popular faults of second-rate instruction...
...longer be a palliative of transgression and a plea for distinction." He calls class feeling "the curse of our college," decidedly fails to establish the fact, and winds up with a paragraph the meaning of which is rather mysterious. Abolish class feeling, and for each one of the present four classes you will have half a dozen cliques and rings, the influence of which will make their members far more narrow-minded, bigoted, and snobbish than they can ever become while guided by the generous impulses of class friendship. But this is a subject worthy of abler treatment...
...always in order. Our attention has lately been drawn to the various comments, side notes, and cabalistic marks which spoil the appearance of many an interesting work; it surely ought to be borne in mind that one's private opinions cannot be of interest to the general reader. The present is also a proper time to suggest that books belonging to the Institute of 1770 should be returned immediately, in order that they may be arranged in the new room. It is very pleasant to accumulate a private library, but the books given to the Institute are not public property...