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...dislike mutton exceedingly, and a great many consider a mouthful of veal hardly preferable to a dose of castor-oil. When the dinner, then, is composed of one of these meats, they have but two alternatives, - to eat what is set before them, or go hungry. We see no reason why we cannot have two kinds of meat as well as one, for our meat is purchased in such large quantities that the difference in expense, if any, would be very slight, and the advantage of having every one suited would very probably be gained...
...lectures are of greater value for the reason that they are presented by a gentleman of culture, who has not only a theoretical, but a practical knowledge of the subject; and the description of the difficulties of an amateur engraver, although certainly not inspiring to those who stand on the threshold of the art, are yet illustrative of what patience and perseverance can accomplish in this branch of the Fine Arts...
PRINCETON is in trouble, according to the Nassau Lit. It appears that, for some unexplained reason, the chamber-work in the college dormitories is done by a "clumsy, dirty set of men, who are better fitted by ability, odor, and appearance to act as scavengers, than to have free access to the parlors and bedrooms of gentlemen." This the Princeton students rightly consider a grievance. They feel the need of the soothing influence of woman's presence, and of the smoothing influence of woman's hand, - especially upon their pillows and bedquilts; and they send forth a noble appeal...
...even if Union formally selected the magenta before Harvard, we see no reason why Harvard should change her colors. There may be numerous colleges and schools who have baseball nines or crews that wear magenta trimmings, and have worn them for twenty years; but if, at some future date, they should decide to contend with Harvard, it would be absurd for them to claim a prior right to the magenta. The color of a college is determined when first worn in a race with other colleges. The magenta is now identified with Harvard; it has been worn for over...
WITH regard to aquatic matters, we understand that the question as to whether the Beacon Cup shall be contested by crews made up from the several clubs or from the classes, is at present an open one. We consider the former plan the better one for various reasons, the principal of which lie in the complete success which has attended the club system, and in its admirable fitness to our wants. We fail to see any sufficient inducement to make us abandon a system so plainly satisfactory to all, and recur to an old method of forming crews, which every...