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...soon we learn to discriminate between the honest maiden from the rural districts and that Cambridge girl who has not missed the "ring around the tree" for a dozen years. The Cambridge maiden has acquired a taste for college students as a Parisian for absinthe, and can be happy with anything from a sub-freshman to a Divinity student...
Those connected with the play before dispersing last evening, made Sanders ring with many cheers for the Shakspere Club, Mr. Jones, Mr. Doud, the ladies...
...here I must bring to an end this long account of Boswell's love affairs, for he is no longer the same man. We hear the same voice after this, but it is cracked, and the merry ring is gone. The words no longer amuse us; they grow pitiful. It seems unkind to laugh at the lonely old fellow as he flits about his former haunts, only to find new faces and unkind greetings on every hand. We have laughed at his follies; now, when the folly begins to lose its mirth in sadness, we had best avert our eyes...
...among the strongest men in college. Guild obtained what looked like a fall, but it was not granted by the referee. The first fall was won by Bowen by a neck hold, in 7 minutes. On coming together for the second time, the men sprawled out of the ring continually, and could not throw squarely enough to get a fall. The referee gave them a hold finally and Guild won, because Bowen broke his hold again. In the trial to get a third fall, 10 minutes and then more were used up in throwing vain endeavors to turn, and sprawling...
...Phillipian has made the discovery that "There is a Boston ring at Harvard as there is a Philadelphia ring at Princeton. While the class is still in a molten condition, before the true worth and sentiment are recognized, these bands of real or pseudo friends working together, control the class. Many instances of this have been lately seen...