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...down the two last, as, if there is anything that the head of the family abominates, it is after-theatre suppers and billiard-halls. As for the rest of the money, I don't know where it's gone. You don't suppose I go round with a little book in my pocket, and every time I treat a fellow to Vichy, put down 'Vichy (treat to Jack) 10 cts.' I am not so miserly as that...
...advantage from a money-making point of view, there is a pretty general feeling that the University instruction might be so enlarged as to include the rudiments of business. It is a common complaint among those who graduate from Harvard, that they are obliged to begin at the lowest round of the ladder, and do the work commonly assigned to boys of fifteen or sixteen. This is, for the most part, unquestionably true, and as a partial remedy, the writer would propose the following plan...
...climbs the treach'rous round...
...swift-trotting flies buzz and hum round a keg of molasses...
...half-mile run, the next on the programme, created a great deal of amusement. Simmons cantered round the track, sometimes stopping to walk, at others shaking hands with persons outside, while Buell, '82, and Norman, '82, kept up a slow dog-trot. Ten yards from the finish, Norman gained on his competitor, and got second prize, in 3 m. 24 s. Simmons's time...