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...come from the University, in the shape of an organization of the students themselves, where political questions could be discussed in as sensible and practical a manner as is compatible with a necessarily limited experience. Reference need only be made to the Debating Club of the Oxford Union to show how successful a similar venture might prove here, if its members were in earnest from the outset. The benefits to be derived are numerous. We should train ourselves to speak clearly and concisely in public, - an acquirement to which too little attention is paid; we should become familiar with...
...urge my suit, and show as proof...
...these records were made indoors on an asphalt track, and it remains for the spring sports to show whether Mr. Clark can do as well on a cinder track. It is not too much to say, however, that Johnson will have to ride much faster next September than he did last year, to retain the amateur championship title. It may be of interest to state that Mr. Clark will probably be in '84 at Columbia, and will prove a dangerous opponent at the Intercollegiate next year, in case a bicycle race is added to the programme, which is more than...
...Hold yer whist, will yer?" returned the Greek, "and show up yer hand...
...Harvard the case is far different. Although in the catalogue of our instructors may be found the names of many men whose reputation has passed beyond the boundaries of Cambridge, and whose acquaintance in a social way might be of great benefit to students, the number of those who show any tendency to know more of their pupils than can be learnt in two or three hours a week is limited to four or five. The barrier between these two great classes is one of no imaginary kind; it is rigid, and almost impassable...