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These charges are not new; they have been heard in other though humbler quarters before, and, what is worse, Harvard cannot do otherwise than plead an unqualified "guilty" in the face of them. If it be urged that a short course in rhetoric and a few themes are sufficient for the first object named, that of making our students good writers, then why these severe complaints from those who are presumably qualified to make them? But there is even less to be said against the second charge, inasmuch, as far as can be seen, Harvard's policy toward oratory...
That the Museum has, in so short a time, risen from almost nothing to its present position should not be merely an object of local but of national pride. Fortunate it is, too, that an interest in these studies, and it is to be hoped not a temporary one, has sprung up, not only here but elsewhere, just at a time when metaphysical investigations are awaiting the solution of certain problems in Natural History...
...races of last Saturday were more successful than is usually the case on such occasions. Thanks to the gentlemen who had them in charge, they came off promptly, although a short time was taken in improvising an anchor; but as a gentleman who saw the need generously offered to supply it by the gift of a new anchor, we may fear no delay from that cause again...
...thoughts, actions, and even being had been directed to this one moment; a slight mistake now and the results of those months are thrown away. The thousands who were watching them were in full sympathy, as was indicated by the deep stillness which prevailed. The suspense was of but short duration, for, at 6 minutes past six, Mr. Brown, the starter, gave the expected "Are you ready? - go!" After a few strokes Harvard showed a slight lead, with Cornell nearly even with her. Bowdoin, Columbia, Wesleyan, and Amherst were exactly in line, Yale gradually drawing ahead of the line, while...
...every stroke, and all this with perfect regularity, for the brown backs moved together like clock-work. As they passed, a glance in a direct line over the stern of Harvard across the river clearly showed the backs of the other crews. Then Harvard stopped rowing, and in a short time after Yale did the same. The scene which followed was indescribable. No one tried to be cool or rational, but all preferred rushing about and yelling as if possessed. The judges on the press-boat, without waiting for the referee or the judges on shore, called Harvard...