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Lamartine was brought up in the country; hence his appreciation of nature. He was surrounded by the warmest family influences; hence his tenderness and also his confident and sunny Christinity. At the age of sixteen, he left his studies and led the life of a country gentleman. His reading consisted of the Bible, Ossian, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Bernardin de Saint Pierre; especially Chateaubriand who gave him his taste for melancholy; finally Plato and Petrarch to whom he owed his contion of love considered as a religion...
...match shall consist of sixteen hands and the replay...
...year, the Mid-year Commencement would be of obvious advantage to many whose work would conveniently be completed during the first half-year. Such would be men from other colleges who wished to spend more than one year but less than two at Harvard; Seniors who had completed, say, sixteen courses during their first three years; and men who had missed their degree in a former year by a deficiency of only one or two courses. In many instances employment might be more readily obtained during the spring than in the summer or autumn, and those who wished to have...
...upon the centre plays during the first half. Though Pennsylvania's centre was very weak, the tackle and guard plays did not gain so much as did the end plays in the second half. In this half assisted by the strong west wind Harvard should have made more than sixteen points. This low score was partly on account of offside play which gave the visitors many yards during the game. In the second half, Harvard started off with more snap and better interference which kept on improving until the last few minutes of play when they scored two touchdowns...
...Wednesday on the club's links at Watertown. A gold medal will be given to the champion and a silver medal to the runner-up. The competition will be open to all members of the University. The qualifying round of 18 holes must be played next Wednesday. The first sixteen men will compete by hole play for the championship. A blue-book has been placed with Leavitt and Peirce for entries which will close next Monday. Entry fee, 50 cents...