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...first number of the Bay State Monthly, a Massachusetts magazine, has just been published in Boston. Its contents are of interest not only to an inhabitant of Massachusetts but to the general reader as well...
This evening at 7.30, in Sever 11, Mr. Lutz will give a German Reading for beginners. He will read "Unverhofft Kommt oft" and "Der Eine oder der Andere," both of which are found in Otto's Introductory German Reader...
German Readings. For beginners. (1) "Unverhofft kommt oft." (2) "Der Eine oder der Andere." (In Otto's Introductory German Reader, with notes by Joynes.) Mr. Lutz. Sever...
...many instances these labored productions prove tiresome and entirely without interest. Subjects are frequently chosen which, from time immemorial, have been the favorite themes for our college literary stars. These furnish us no information, nor do they offer sufficient instruction in the methods of composition to repay the reader for his time ; and they are certainly in no sense amusing. The number of general magazines now published in this country is sufficient to serve the purposes sought by converting college papers into literary productions merely. These general magazines furnish us better articles, written by far better authors, and with subjects...
Such articles if not too numerous and frequent, add much to the attractiveness of a paper, and give much more satisfaction to a reader than to plod through a tedious essay on "Melancholy," "Imagination," or "George Washington." At the same time it cultivates ability in that line of writing, which fact, though not of great importance, ought not to be overlooked. There is no reason why some in our own colleges should not turn their attention to this line of writing, and produce interesting, readable articles, such as will improve the tone of our papers and make them more entertaining...