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...with extreme regret that we learn that one of the instructors in Latin held recitations in two electives during the recent Honor Examinations, His reason for so doing was, doubtless, his desire that those members of the courses who were not taking the examinations might enjoy the benefit of the recitation. It would seem, however, on a little reflection, that the inconvenience and annoyance to which the majority of the men were subjected in having to make up an omitted recitation immediately after a continuous six hours of examination in the same subject would more than compensate for the advantage...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/19/1881 | See Source »

...through the recent controversy with Yale, Harvard has insisted on such conditions only as are as fair for Yale as for herself. Both clubs should be willing to conduct their races on that principle. If either, or both, are unwilling to do so, then the races had better be given...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR POSITION IN REGARD TO THE RACE WITH YALE. | 4/22/1881 | See Source »

...Swinburne had no sooner sat down, amid rapturous applause, than the "Sweet Singer of Michigan" arose. "I have here," said she, "a few verses, composed during a recent visit to my sister, Queen Victoria, which I will read...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE QUIZZICAL CLUB. | 4/5/1881 | See Source »

...RECENT writer in the Saturday Evening Gazette of March 26 last, with the usual spirit of fair play which characterizes the attitude of most of the Boston papers toward Harvard, took occasion to make some mean-spirited and untruthful insinuations in regard to the conduct of the '83 crew, when, a couple of weeks ago, a woman fell overboard from a bridge under which the crew had just passed. The crew naturally turned their boat as soon as possible, and hastened to the rescue, arriving in time to be of very material service...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/5/1881 | See Source »

...their homes. A number of persons have been arrested on suspicion, among whom are a reporter of the ??? Mr. John F. Thucydides, and others. Little doubt, however, is entertained that the offenders are students of ??? College. The ringleader is supposed to be the notorious William G. Alcibiades, a recent graduate of the college, who was the Democratic candidate for Archon in the 4th Ward at the fall election...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE TRUE STORY OF THE MUTILATION OF THE HERMAE. | 3/25/1881 | See Source »