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...others, four of whom were ladies, were in the water together. A high sea was running and the water came in large waves which made the bathing very exciting. Before the party noticed the force of the water, the tide had gradually swept the party into a pit of recent formation near the mouth of the river. At 11. 30 the tide ceased, causing a strong under-two. Without realizing the danger, the party who were in high spirits, pushed towards the deeper water. One of the gentlemen and two of the ladies were at once washed into shoal water...
...Claflin, '86 won the five mile bicycle race (open to college men) at the recent Springfield meet, beating competitors from Yale and Amherst...
...Recent publishers' announcements of especial interest to Harvard students comprise a volume on the history of Kentucky, issued in the "American Commonwealth Series," by Prof. N. S. Shaler ; volumes in the "American Men of Letter Series" on Hawthorne, by Prof Lowell, on Emerson, by Dr. Holmes, on Margaret Fuller, by F. W. Higginson, and on Franklin, by McMaster, author of the recently published History of the United States; and in the "American Statesman Series" on Henry Clay, by Carl Schurz and on Patrick Henry, by Prof. Moses Coit Tyler. The edition de luxe of Prof. Child's English and Scottish...
...recent commotion at Vassar seems to have been but a "tempest in a teapot," notwithstanding the reports which have been heralded abroad to the contrary. A small occurrence, dragged into prominence by a few newspapers, has naturally been magnified far beyond its proper proportions. The gist of the whole matter is simply this, that the present system of conferring honors is considered by many of the students to be unjust, since it frequently permits those to obtain honors who are not considered by the college to have earned them. This led to a mild kind of a revolt, which...
...account of the dissatisfaction at Vassar with the present marking system, neither salutatory nor valedictory were delivered at the recent commencement exercises. This state of affairs has been preceded by a correspondence between the faculty and the seniors, which has been published. The original reasons for reform, which were sent to the faculty, were as follows...