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...Puritans believed that the man who had no regular profession was doomed to perdition. To them leisure looked like the larceny of other people's time. Mr. Quincy was one of the first gentlemen of leisure. His stories are most charming; his letters are models in their way; he stood in the fore-front of the desperately unpopular cause of Abolition; was a finished scholar, a delightful man, and a thorough patriot. How many men of business have left a better record? Yet the old Puritan prejudice had as most Puritan notions had, a principle beneath that is fundamentally right...
...properly and profitably is almost as important as that of finding a vocation and pursuing it successfully. The term "leisure" has come to have two very different meanings. One man of leisure is never idle; another always is. The former makes his leisure, as it were, play into his regular work; the latter lives for the moment only, and, when at leisure, is also literally idle. How to prevent leisure from being pure idleness is no easy problem for young men to solve. The importance and difficulty of its solution give to Mr. Lodge's discourse no slight interest...
...excellent as to call forth the excited applause of the oldest spectator. The tug-of-war alone was less interesting than last year, owing to the absolute certainty which prevailed as to the winners of the first two meetings and the unfortunate accident which deprived '86 of her regular anchor at the third, there was not the least approach to enthusiasm over any of the contests...
...recommended in the past that a single scull contest should be instituted to rouse the students to a more active interest in rowing. This contest, if instituted, could also present an admirable means for training a large number of rowers who could act as an auxiliary force to the regular crews. Such a plan, while offering some difficulties, it is true, in the matter of shells, could not fail to reach more students than the present plan of exclusive crews. And in so far as it broadened, would improve one of our most popular sports...
...JONES, Sec'y.HARVARD SHOOTING CLUB. At the shoot this afternoon three new matches will be opened. Two open to all, one open only to freshmen. Members can shoot in the regular matches for practice without paying the entrance fees. Those desirous of joining can do so at the grounds. Cars leave the square for the grounds...