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...morrow night all the names put down for physical examination will be exhausted...
...room of the Society of Christian Brethren (18 Stoughton) has been handsomely papered by the Society, and painted in party-colors by the College. The furniture has been renovated and partly renewed, a new carpet has been put down, and very handsome curtains hung. The expenses of removal have been borne by past and present members of the Society and by several members of the Faculty. The room will probably not be occupied till after the recess...
...London University, speaking to another examiner, boasted of the puzzling questions he had been ingenious enough to ask, whereupon the other replied, to my great satisfaction, "You should try and find out how much, not how little, the students know." I should have no fear of questions being unreasonable put by a wise, common-sense professor like this, whereas some learned men expect a student to reach in a few months the level of their own mature knowledge. - D. Hack Tuke, F. R. C. P., before the British...
...best bargains. Aside from the fact that Boston haberdashers generally ask us exorbitant prices, we should save the time and expense of going into the city, and the goods can be sold cheaper at the Gymnasium than in Boston. Whether it would be better to sell for cash, or put the accounts on the Bursar's bills, the President and Dr. Sargent can decide, and we hope that they will give the plan not only consideration, but a fair trial...
...taste. The Club never advanced beyond this first step, but a report of their proceedings at the first and only meeting they ever had may be interesting. After calling the meeting to order, the President asked the Boating-man for his coat of arms. "Well, Mr. President, I would put on a navy-blue field two eight-oared shells; in the fore-ground one with a crimson-shirted coxswain, and away off in the distance, just visible, the other boat with a blue-shirted coxswain. I should have for supports, two big subscription-books with 'Paid' written on them...