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...exhibition of water-colors and drawings which is now open at 2 Thayer reflects great credit on the Art Club, which has opened to the public the valuable collection of works of art made by Mr. Moore during his recent residence in Europe. It is very unsatisfactory, and we may add unprofitable, for the art student to be obliged to study the works of masters through the medium of photographs. No conception of color and only an imperfect conception of form can be derived by this means. Mr. Moore has fully appreciated this fact, and with the purpose of educating...
...effect upon literature of the recent development of the newspaper and the periodical...
SEVENTY-NINE is to be congratulated. That a class so large, so earnest in society matters, and of such different interests, could harmoniously unite to secure the most open and unbiased election that recent years have shown, seemed almost impossible, and yet it is true. Those croakers who declared that Class Day produced more discord than pleasure, and advocated its abolition, are completely silenced; and all friends of that time-honored institution can quietly rejoice. Especially should the under classes feel glad that they have such a precedent to follow, and that, instead of the usual troubled season of caucuses...
...causes of the immense progress at Oxford in recent as compared with former years has been the operation of the University, Tests Abolition Act. In America many are still accustomed to think of Oxford as a university where everybody is obliged to sign the Thirty-nine Articles and conform with the established church, but such is not now the fact. This act abolished subscription to any and all formularies of faith as a condition of admission, or taking lay degree and lay academical or collegiate offices...
...feature of the day. They all got well away, and for the first lap maintained nearly their relative positions. On the second lap Parker lost ground a little, and Swan began creeping up. Parker soon fell behind, and it was evident he was suffering from the effects of a recent fall. Swan gradually but surely decreased the distance between himself and Sturgis. Sturgis rode a brave race. On the last quarter of the last lap they were neck and neck, and, as they came driving down the home stretch, the excitement was intense, the cries of each man's friends...