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THE speaking for the Boylston prizes next Thursday promises to be unusually interesting. The preliminary contest has reduced the number of speakers, so that the contest will not be wearisomely long, and special care has been taken to avoid the dull and hackneyed selections which have bored listeners in previous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/14/1878 | See Source »

AS the day of the race draws near, we are anxious to know something definite about the arrangements that are being made in New London for the convenience of the crew and the spectators.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE RACE. | 6/14/1878 | See Source »

This question was too deep to solve; but the truth remained that every one collects something. Little boys collect birds' eggs; little girls, postage-stamps; theatre-goers, photographs; young ladies collect gentlemen's cards; older gentlemen collect tracts and MSS.; middle-aged ladies have a perfect mania for old lace...

Author: By W. G. T., | Title: AUTOPHONES. | 5/31/1878 | See Source »

"I weaken," said the flower, with remarkable humility, manifesting his embarrassment and mortification. "But our garments have something in common," the Pride of the Summer Fields ventured to reply to the Glory of the College Yard.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE FRESHMAN AND THE FLOWER. | 5/31/1878 | See Source »

MUTUAL admiration is all very well, and there is no possible objection to the Courant's complimenting the Yale Lit., only it is carrying the matter a step too far, to quote a stanza of a translation from Alfred de Musset, and criticise it (favorably) as original. Though translations are...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 5/17/1878 | See Source »