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...Even in the frivolous times of James I. we find in a sermon preached at Whitehall a reference to "the French, the Spanish and the Polish fashions of giddy women." But really the ladies' dress of today is the very opposite of extravagant when compared with that of comparatively recent times. The "pull-back" is just as modest as the hoop-skirt, and as to those much-abused bangs it has always been a mystery to me what the average male intellect could see so utterly soul-destroying in a very becoming mode of dressing the hair. But you know...
...occurred there for many years. Yet it is not altogether unexpected; at various times during the spring expressions of confidence and hope in their freshmen have appeared in the Columbia papers. A similar opinion on the merits of this crew, expressed by our Columbia correspondent in a recent letter to the HERALD, will perhaps be recalled. The N. Y. Herald, excellent authority on the matter, says: "The winning eight are a likely-looking lot, and with proper care and coaching, Harvard's freshmen, who come against them on the Harlem July 1, will have a deal of work...
...recent meeting of the Yale Lawn Tennis Club it was voted to reply to a letter from the Harvard club that the Yale club is, at present, unable to join in an inter-collegiate association...
...recent will gave about $400,000 for the establishment of a college for the higher education of young women, in Philadelphia. The fund, however, will not be available for nearly a century. The young women will then be mature enough to profit...
...interests than of rivalries, goes to strengthen the idea. The conventions of the Greek-letter societies have a decided influence in cultivating this spirit among many colleges; though Harvard is only included in this circle of influences, to any extent, by means of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. The recent suggestion of President Eliot, that the German custom of migrations of students from one college to another, during their course, be established in this country, bears in the same general direction. Among graduates, the establishment of university clubs at many of the larger cities of the country is significant...