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...have already said too much and yet I have a practical plan for the improvement of murders to propose, and some remarks to make on the proper place for a murder. Gentlemen of the Magenta, you must grant me another audience at some future time; at present I will only add that I have on hand two finished designs, which I shall be happy to communicate to any worthy person. The first is for the killing of a venerable gentleman, high in position, universally respected and disliked. The other has in view the murder of a flute-player. The first...
...Matthews Six, as arranged at present, consists of: Milton, '75 (stroke); Perkins, L. S. S., 2; Hastings, '75, 3; Patton, '77, 4; Weeks, '76,5; Prince...
...season for field and river sports opens, the increasing interest manifested in the various college associations for physical culture is most gratifying. The present week, notwithstanding the shiveriness of the temperature, has found the members of the different boating-clubs taking their invigorating pulls on the Charles; and the ball men have again sought Jarvis. This season, however, physical development has another candidate for our interest and favor in the Athletic Association. Last season this association was only in its promising infancy, but now comes before us as an organization ready to do a manly work in supplementing the physical...
...Even the younger members of that body are just beginning to recognize the fact that the enthusiasm of their undergraduate days has departed from our halls; and a bit of real, honest enthusiasm in any department of study is becoming more and more prized from its rarity. The present apathy that has supplanted the enthusiasm we may suppose once to have existed among the students of Philosophy is such that it has become a subject of common remark among undergraduates; and disregard for the philosophical opinions held by those who take electives in the present courses In Philosophy; is fast...
...smothers his ambition in his large salary. It has often been stated that there is hardly an eminent journalist living who has ever made a professional use of phonography. This fact, alone, should have great influence over those who seek to make a profession of phonography. There are at present many undergraduates studying phonography who, perhaps, will not accept these statements. Those will, I believe, who, like myself have diligently acquired a knowledge of the art, and have come to a knowledge of its many mischievous as well as its few desirable results...