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Jarius Lincoln of Northboro, Mass., the oldest living graduate of the class of 1814, died last Friday. After graduation be studied for the ministry, but pursued the profession of school-teaching. While at college he showed marked musical talent, and composed several pieces. During the war he was very pronounced in his anti-slavery opinions...
...class races. Instead of rowing in six-oared boats it was decided to have eight men in the boats. The first race after this plan took place on Saturday, May 17, 1879. The entries were from the four classes in the college ('79, '80, '81, '82,) and the Law School...
Before the race the general opinion was that the Law School would win, with the Juniors ('80) second. The result was very different. '79 was followed at an interval of a few feet by '81. The Law School was third, Juniors fourth, and Freshmen last. The race between '79 and '81 was the closest ever witnessed in college...
...this country, bears in the same general direction. Among graduates, the establishment of university clubs at many of the larger cities of the country is significant. A general tendency towards greater co-operation among college faculties indicates the sentiment that is growing in the matter. The recently established American School of Classical Studies at Athens, under the auspices of American colleges, is a noticeable example of this latter tendency. Perhaps the time will come some day for the great convention of college students to consider and debate matters of common interest and importance...
...much-asked question now is, what will be done with Dane Hall when the new law school building is completed. It has been proposed that it would be a good plan to organize a college club, with quarters in the old law hall, where the leading periodicals would be kept. A billiard hall could be opened, and coffee rooms would furnish pleasant places of commerce for the fellows. The plan seems rather impracticable to us, but it certainly would be a very delightful institution if it could possibly be successfully established...