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...system of prayers inspires us with "opposition and dislike," and that our feelings "find vent in ridicule." But this aggressive "alumnus," as he calls himself, does not hold to the "mediocritas aurea" which he urges upon others, but adds that we not only dislike prayers, but "lie to get rid of them." We are glad that our internal condition has been so vividly portrayed to the public, and trust that the writer who has so kindly interested himself in the matter knew at least what he was writing; if he did not know that there is no basis whatever...
...Glee Club and Pierian Sodality will give a concert on Thursday next in Union Hall, Boston. for the benefit of the University Boat Club. Most commendable zeal has been shown by the boat club in endeavoring to rid itself of the heavy debt which has encumbered it for several years past, and it is the duty of every student to second and support the financial managers by subscriptions and by attendance at performances and concerts given in its benefit. The concert promises to be of unusual interest. The programme will consist of selections from both the fall and spring concert...
...founders of the republic, although they rid themselves of many of the encumbrances under which Europe was burdened for ages, doing away with state religion, individual privilege and royalty, still clung to one mediaeval idea, namely the interference of government in private business. This idea is foreign to the theory of our government of non-interference with private affairs. The history of the American colonies before the Revolution affords the most striking instance known to history of great industrial activity arising from natural advantages, and the intelligence and skill of the population. No tariff protected the colonies, yet there...
This certainly indicates despair or madness, but no! His wounded affections were soon healed, and shortly, he writes that: "I am indeed glad to be rid of her," and proceeds to renew a correspondence he had formerly held with a "charming Dutch woman." This affection, and still another, he quickly wearies of, and then he falls head over ears in love with a young girl whom he calls "la belle Irlandaise." "I am exceedingly lucky," he exclaims joyfully, "to have escaped the insensible Miss B. for now I have seen the finest creature that ever was formed, la belle Irlandaise...
...unpaid bills, a total of $7,000, or $1,236 less than Harvard. Even if our crew did cost less than the Yale crew, that is no argument that there may not be extravagancies existing which it would be well to get rid of. Let them have spend money for beds which they need, and not for blazers...