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...write. He is well respected and sells good books, many of them scientific, and the best literature of the day. He has an excellent memory and a large trade. Some of the characters which he has devised for memoranda are said to be curious enough. It is the shape and size of books that are his chief guide, and he has seldom been known to make a serious mistake...
...what we are assured he should take, are courses which shall give him that general knowledge which he has rarely time to acquire after leaving. To be a broad and liberally educated man, one must know a little of everything, and some one thing well. If we undertake to shape our course through college with the idea of a specialty, and make every secondary study a direct companion to the main branch, we shall undoubtedly come out narrow-minded, pedantic scholars, who, prejudiced toward their own branches, know not enough of the branches of others to give them a charitable...
...would have stopped him, but I could not : my hands and tongue were as if tied. He raised the pistol, aimed it with shaking hand, and fired. The smoke cleared away, and Jackson fell back on me, fainting. Oh, horrors! the bullet had gone clean through the devilish shape, and through the hole the moonlight was shining. A cold shiver ran through me and the perspiration streamed down my face. The figure dilated mockingly, and the arms waved back and forth threateningly, glistening deathly white. The head bowed solemnly. Good Heavens! this was more than mortal flesh could bear...
...regret to say, has been found with the administration of the Dining Hall. The food, it is said, is of poor quality; the price of board has been greatly increased; the monthly statements of expenses no longer appear; the Auditor presents his report to the Directors in such a shape, that, by his own admission, verification is impossible; Directors are neglectful of their duty, and their authority is not respected by the head waiter and the steward; employes are inefficient and uncivil. And the great majority of such complaints are only too well founded. It is painfully evident that...
...glad to hear that in addition to the pictures of the various athletes who have represented Harvard in the past, the meeting-room in the new Gymnasium will also contain a record of our College's progress in track athletics, in the shape of tablets similar in style to those now in the rowing-room, commemorating the different class races. A separate tablet will be devoted to each event, and at the head of the list will be the first record made at Harvard at the game; and the record of every time it has since been improved...