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...although without the same effect? Why does it not admit that there was another gentleman in the light-weight who also "slugged" to the full extent of his powers, and also possessed but very little science? The facts of the case are that the gentleman so severely criticised was pressed by Mr. Clark against his own desires, to enter the light weight sparring, because of the small number of entries in that event; and the day before, he took one losson in sparring to aid him in defending himself. Now, I ask you if any man would...
...Dougherty closed by saying that the great days of oratory are over. Oratory fell when the printing press rose. The press appeals to thousands, the orator to a few hundreds only. At present the orator's speech is delivered for subsequent publication, not for its immediate effect upon the hearers...
...down sage precepts for the guidance of eighty-six. Mr. A. P. Gardner, the toast master, called upon the following gentlemen to respond to toasts: "Eighty-six," Mr. Barnes; "The Junior Year," Mr. T. T. Baldwin; "Politics," Mr. Merriam; "The Junior Crew," Mr. Roberts; "Forensics," Mr. LaMonte; "The College Press," Mr. Sanborn; "Glimpses of Heaven," Mr. Frye. Perhaps no feature of the dinner contributed more to the enjoyment of the class than the quartette, composed of Messrs. Mason, Harrison, Lander, and Morton. Mr. Mason acted as chorister, and called upon the following gentlemen for solos: Messrs. Barnes, Carey, Guild, Lander...
...delay is a satisfactory one. It is to the interest of all parties to have the plan most carefully considered by the faculty. Everyone,- the students, most of all,- can afford to wait in patience, rather than have the matter slighted, or hurriedly disposed of in the press of other business...
...decorous theatre-party of freshmen is little short of an impossibility. The temptation to turn the occasion into a tumultuous demonstration of boyish deviltry is too great to be resisted, and this demonstration, though harmless enough in itself, it may be, is at once seized upon by the daily press as a text from which to print long disquisitions upon the degeneracy of student manners...