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...Princetonian thus describes a nightmare of our faculty who are supposed to witness a Yale-Princeton baseball game a hundred years hence. The players take their places and the game is called. "The ball whirls through the air with velocity, the catcher motions one of his assistants to the right, who is just in time to take in an out-curve of ten feet. "How is that?" cries the pitcher. "One ball!" yells the umpire, stationed on a small tower at a little distance. And armed with an immense telescope. "What?" says the pitcher, and he pulls out a revolver...
...musical with the bubbling of countless naghiles; and I must say that to the Christian soul which enters that paradise the whole place has, certainly, a rather curions air, as of a highly transcendental Cremorne. There could be no doubt, however, that the faithful were enjoying themselves amazingly-"right lucky fellows," as we read in the new translation of the Qur An, for so the learned call the Koran of our ignorance. Yet even here all was not peace and pleasantness, for I heard my name called by a small voice, in a tone of patient, subdued querulousness. Looking hastily...
...visible from the interior of the chapel. The wall back of the pulpit was removed and a graceful arch formed, through which the monument is seen to great advantage. General Lee is represented as lying on his military cot, with a spread thrown over him. His right arm rests upon his breast, and the left hand lies upon the hilt of his sword. The artist, Valantini, and the material used in its construction are all American. A heavy curtain hangs before the arch to hide the monument on occasions when the chapel is used for other than religious or commencement...
...this morning it was terrible. It does seem as if the faculty might have some regard for our physical welfare when they are torturing our heads with a three hour examination. More care is needed and until such care is taken I think it no more than right that we should have a growl...
...desks they may hereafter disfigure by cutting. This puts a summary end in one institution to what has been hitherto an almost universal custom. Somehow, these rude signs seem to be links between the students of different generations, and every one has felt a certain inherent right to carve his initials wherever he pleased, even though from motives of discretion he did it surreptitiously. Few indeed have been the books written on school life, in which the grey-beard did not point out to his awe stricken son the letters of his name, and with pride narrate...