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...blinded to certain facts in it. In the preface he says that the "object of this pamphlet is to turn the thought of the earnest working men of our country to the social problem of the times." He then proceeds to turn them to it very forcibly and to show that the moneyed men of America and the Corporation are getting control of the Government, and will bye and bye rule the United States; that we are on the verge of an awful precipice and likely to fall over unless something be done at once. He proposes to have...
...rumored that the freshmen are about to start a hare and hound club; they will have runs throughout the winter, using black p per for scent. that it may show against the snow. This is all very well '90, but it won't work with Cambridge snows...
...connected with political science. The labor of searching for many hours, through the innumerable pages that make up the Statutes at Large, for any particular law is, by means of Prof. Laughlin's work, very much reduced. The remarks that follow each extract are well to the point, and show, in general, the relation of the law in question to those that have preceded it. We congratulate all political economy students on the material aid that has been rendered them by this work of Prof. Laughlin...
Saturday, the 6th, was given up to the undergraduates who had boat races and a foot-ball match, that they might show their visitors their prowess. But, unlike English undergraduates, they also invited visitors to see how they were progressing towards the acquirement of the graces needed for actual life. They took possession of the university theatre, and delivered addresses and recited poems of their own with as much gravity and dignity as Mr. Lowell or Mr. Holmes. The traditions of American life sink deep, and the pattern is everywhere the same. Two orators and two poets, chosen by vote...
...will give information talks there to all members of the university who wish to attend. The dinner given by the St. Paul's Club on last Monday evening and the one to be given by the Andover Club next Saturday together with various other events of the kind, show the social activity that for the moment replaces that of the out-door athletics. The university Chess Club is now in the midst of a tournament for which there were thirty-one entries and which bids fair to result in a close and interesting contest; and a strong competition...