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...that the overseers are chosen by the alumni. It may be merely a coincidence, but it is a striking one, that the 'long period of lethargy' at Harvard, to which your correspondent alludes, closed at about the time when the State of Massachusetts granted to the graduates the right to elect the overseers...
...down, I remember a grind who was down once. He was making a call. His amorous eye glared from behind its glassy shield like a cat's eye in the dark. The conversation had flagged. Suddenly he brightened up. "Miss S - S - can you tell me the number of right angles in a triangle?" A pause. "Why it depends on the size of the triangle." That idea had never struck him before, and he succumbed. To this day he mutters, as he walks, over and over again, "it depends on the size...
...stopped. The student who feels a just pride in the success of the athletic associations cannot value the various photographs of such associations as highly as he ought, when he knows that they are scattered abroad in shop windows. To render the possession of these photographs the peculiar right of the students and their friends, a copyright should be secured...
...this time so seriously as to be obliged to give up his place. About ten minutes before time was up, Porter got the ball, and made a successful rush, dodging or upsetting all who came in his way, and touching the ball down about eight yards to the right of the posts. The ball was brought out, and Woodman attempted to kick a goal. The high wind, however, carried the ball about a foot outside the posts, - and eighty-eight had lost the game. No further points were scored by either side. As foot-ball, the game could hardly...
...these institutions, he was nearly prepared to enter the sophomore class here, and as it is generally conceded to be best to enter upon college life as a freshman, he chose a college where he would not be compelled to lose a half year, but could go right on with his course. But this objection no longer holds in comparison with Amherst and Yale, for our requirements have, of late years, been raised to such an extent that they are now on a par with Yale's. We are assured that the good work is to continue. If Princeton continues...