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...girl of today, "Complain and find fault as we may, we must acknowledge that the modern miss is after all, a pretty nice institution, and one that we wouldn't care to part with. Why grumble at their vanity, you silly fellow, when you are the only one to profit by it? If they dress well, talk well, even flirt just a little bit, we don't care about having them any different than they really are, and with all due regard for our grandmothers, we say, God bless the girls of today, and keep them as they...
...They were, however, players of some experience, a fact which makes them all the more worthy of censure. Their carelessness in training was the cause of their overwhelming defeat by Yale, and rendered their second game little more than a farce. We trust that the present Freshman Nine will profit by this example, and will train honestly and with energy. In this way alone can '85 expect to make a creditable record against Yale next spring...
WHEN the present elective system went into force, the English department enjoyed a peculiar privilege in alone continuing to have its work required after the Freshman year. It is certainly to be regretted that the instructors in this department show so little disposition to recognize and profit by this fact. It would be natural to suppose that they would have endeavored to demonstrate by their efficiency and liberality the wisdom of the Faculty in continuing to require Rhetoric, Themes, and Forensics. It is only too evident, however, that this is not the case. The action of Professor Hill, in giving...
...explanation" that we take up our stylograph with fear and trembling, even though it be only to ask the admission of the undergraduate student to a course already given in College; our reference is to Superlative Economy 1. When we were a Sub-Freshman we derived great pleasure and profit from the perusal of a little volume entitled "Ye Proverbes of Beniamin Franklin," and made up of such choice maxims as these, "Economic is Wealthe," "A Penny Sav'd is a Penny Earn'd," "Take Care of ye Pence and ye Poundes will take Care of ym selves." With...
...choice will be made. We hope that those who wish to enter college journalism will take advantage of these opportunities, assuring them that their labor will be repaid threefold, not only by the pleasure derived from one phase of college life, but by the not inconsiderable mental profit resulting...