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...reported that three members of the last year's class at Harvard agreed upon graduation-day to exchange telegrams at midnight-Cambridge time-Christmas Eve; as one is in Europe one in New York, and one in Japan, the result was rather unique...
...section is directed to read a book of which there may be perhaps two copies reserved in the library, either great care must be used, or else the majority of that section will not even see the book. That this care is used we do not believe, or rather to put it in a better form, we do not believe that sufficient care is generally exercised in the use of the books. A little thoughtfulness will save an immense amount of trouble in this respect and every man ought to employ this when at work in the library...
...Entering a great hall called the Hoktoi, where tables are provided for more than 3,000 candidates, he can sit down and take his chance for the first degree; and supposing that he passes, is then qualified for a greater examination. This takes places in a huge building, or rather series of buildings, capable of accommodation upward of 10,000 students. On the day appointed, the youths who desire to pass enter a great gate and find themselves in a vast yard wherein are 13,000 small cells. These run in rows, and are numbered; they are each about nine...
...determined on without any fingering on the part of outsiders. The only question that outsiders can have ought to do with is when the race shall be rowed, a mere matter of convenience, economy and desirability, The crews themselves will gain nothing peculiarly by going to one place rather than another, only by going to the cheaper place they lighten the burden of college subscriptions...
...recent production of the "Birds" of Aristophanes was regarded by the committee as rather a hazardous undertaking, for although Greek tragedy has now abundantly proved its power over modern audiences, it was thought very doubtful if the old comedy was equally suitable for revival. And, notwithstanding the brilliant success of the performances, this doubt has been in great part justified, for most of the fun and fooling in the play resembled a modern pantomime too closely to be very interesting or impressive, while when the satire was mot of a modern kind, its point was entirely missed, except...