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...people, and vitalized by the service itself." The impression conveyed seems to be that our old universities, at best copies of the European ones, have hardened into a traditional and unpractical from, whereby they benefit the few and disregard the many; that those who come to them in a search for culture are being "suckled in a creed outworn." The field which the state institution would fill is not clearly stated, and it hardly behooves anyone to form an opinion--or a prejudice--without hearing both sides of the question...
...Upsilon has revived. "The Beaux' Stratagem," written in 1706, is the best of the plays that Farquhar has left us, and is one of the liveliest comedies of the whole Restoration drama. The scene is laid in the old Litchfield Inn, where two London gentlemen arrive one night in search of a fortune, the one disguised as a servant to the other. Aimwell, the master, goes to church, and promptly falls in love with a woman in the congregation. His friend, Archer, finding out that the woman has a fortune, approves, and very soon falls in love with her sister...
...found dead of exhaustion and exposure on the marshes in the Barnstable harbor on Tuesday afternoon, December 29. Nichols had gone duck-shooting with two classmates, but left them early Tuesday morning to try for some ducks before luncheon. His continued absence alarmed his companions, who went in search of him about two o'clock, accompanied by an attendant of the hunting shack in which they had been living. The body was found in the bottom of a duck-boat, which was partly filled with water...
...each of them giving at least one lecture, and that when these lectures had been given, the visitors should regard their responsibilities as discharged. Among the lecturers in Wellington were Professor Wheeler and Professor Hanus--Professor Wheeler lecturing on "Ants and Other Social Insects," and Professor Hanus on "The Search for Standards in Education." The courtesy and generous hospitality of the committee in charge were untiring...
...Koehler, and Henry Hicks, studies of the soil conditions were made, and the trees on Boston Common were studied to observe the results of transplanting and protective measures against insects. When it was decided that the transplanting could be successfully accomplished, Mr. Koehler made a long search for suitable trees...