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...gentlemen whose chief delight is in tearing to pieces anything that remotely hints of any imitation of European "effeteness." But a correspondent in the last Nation really states the essential points of the argument most clearly. The grounds of the discussion are simple enough, but are too often lost sight of by undiscriminating fathers in choosing between Yale and Harvard, and by thoughtless conservatives generally. This correspondent points out the well-enough recognized fact that the average age of entrance at Harvard now is about the same as that of graduation fifty years ago, and indeed of graduation now from...
There was quite a stampede at lunch yesterday, the object being a sight of the divine Oscar...
...Spuyten Duyvil inquest, H. D. Welsh testifies that the brakeman waited until the coming train was in sight before going back to signal it. The engineer testifies that the accident would not have happened had not the brakes been tampered with...
...classes in second-year German have a lecture once a week by Prof. Dippold. The subject is "Schiller," but he has not yet begun upon it. His first class was nearly paralyzed by his asking them to translate "Faust" at sight. Still they did struggle through part of the first scene, much to the surprise of Prof. Dippold, who expected they could do nothing with it. In fact, he did not believe second-year German scholars could understand him at all, but thought he should have to repeat all he said several times, retarding the tempo, and finally translate...
...wing has long been needed, and as we enjoy its conveniences, we congratulate ourselves that it has come in our time. Among other things, one peculiarly "Lasellian" feature is the model kitchen, where our future housekeepers practise weekly the art and mystery of cooking. It is a pleasant sight to watch a group of enthusiastic girls at the work, with rolled-up sleeves and floury fingers, entering so ardently into what will become for so many of them, very soon, a serious part of their life's plan - in view of the inevitable recurrence, three times a day, of something...