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Yale seems to be much disgruntled over the growing success of Harvard's and Princeton's "funny" papers and her own sterility in this line. The Yale Lit. says, enviously : "We cannot, of course, ever hope to rival Harvard in this respect. She is too excruciatingly funny. But in our...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTES AND COMMENTS. | 5/4/1882 | See Source »

Yale evidently appreciates the necessity of making it an object for her freshman nine to win the ball game from the Harvard nine, by her provision for not allowing the freshmen to sit on the fence in the event of their failure. Our freshman nine has been laughed at, encouraged...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/3/1882 | See Source »

And now, having bent over Mrs. De Sorosis' hand without bursting the seams in my waistcoat, which is getting tremendously tight, and having seen my friend safely launched, let me tell you what I can about these people. There are two women I know by the window; they are talking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAUSETTE DE LUNDI. | 5/1/1882 | See Source »

A meeting of the committee for a new Harvard song book was held yesterday afternoon. A majority of the committee was present. After Mr. Cushing was elected secretary it was voted that invitations be sent to the leading writers of verses in the college, to induce them to write humorous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE NEW SONG BOOK. | 4/27/1882 | See Source »

The evening after the arrival of the Butterfields was the evening set apart by Mrs. De Sorosis for her weekly reception; the household in consequence was in a state of excitement. Every one had an air of pleased excitement as though something of importance were momentarily expected to take place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAUSETTE DE LUNDI. | 4/24/1882 | See Source »