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...President Bartlett's birth, "Rev. - -, D. D., LL. D." At the present stage of college tolerance, it is surprising that a bit of college pleasantry cannot be viewed in any other light by the Dartmount faculty than as an insult and slander to their president. When the college press descends to the publication of low, common and coarse caricatures, it is perfectly proper for college authorities to supress it, but in this case there is nothing which can justify the wrath of a faculty to the extent of suspension of those who may refuse to make known the person...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/6/1887 | See Source »

...following is a press notice of the theatricals given by the Hasty Pudding Club in New York on Monday evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hasty Pudding Theatricals. | 4/13/1887 | See Source »

...force is lost. Most men of the present day would rather be called sinners than saints, and what is needed now is spiritual minded men of the world. What purposes can a man fill to better advantage than to enter into the school of Jesus Christ, and ever to press on with high ideas of holiness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Appleton Chapel. | 3/21/1887 | See Source »

...Philadelphia Press, in speaking of the founding of the new university at Worcester, Massachusetts, says: "Massachusetts is to have a new college that will rival Harvard. Some of the best foot-ball players in the country have already been engaged, and other places in the faculty will be filled as quickly as possible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fact and Rumor. | 3/19/1887 | See Source »

...make Harvard admit the Yale freshmen and Columbia 'varsity to the contests at New London. The plan is well arranged, and the attempt is ingenious. A despatch was sent yesterday to New Haven for further particulars in regard to the matter, but up to the time of going to press last night no answer had been received. The crew management has received no notice of the demands made by Columbia and Yale, and declines to make any statement in regard to the matter until after such notification shall arrive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Race With Columbia. | 3/15/1887 | See Source »