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...numbers were, Harvard 15, Yale 22. This year the preferences of the senior class are Harvard, 15; Yale, 12; all others, 11; and of the middle class, Harvard, 16; Yale, 8; all others, 11. This would seem to indicate that Phillips Andover is rapidly deserting Yale with its somewhat antiquatedor, at least, inflexible-curriculum, for the broader opportunities for study offered by Harvard. Whether or no the change is a permanent one the future will decide. The cause, though, is not so hard to determine. So far as we have been able to judge, the underlying motive which influences...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PHILLIPS ANDOVER ACADEMY AS A HARVARD SCHOOL. | 2/11/1884 | See Source »

...shallow. The contrast is made skillfully. The characters in "Alpine Roses" are brightly shown. The scenes are coherent and interesting. The action, though a trifle slow in the second scene, is elsewhere quick and effective. The whole play awakens sympathy and pathos. Moreover, this work is picturesque and somewhat out of the common of theatrical incident...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A PROFESSOR'S PLAY. | 2/6/1884 | See Source »

...have heard wonder expressed that the HERALD-CRIMSON does not contain more items of college news, and it is but fair to say that the "Fact and Rumor" column is somewhat deficient in that respect. But who is to blame for this state of things? Surely not the editors, for a few men cannot hear every rumor that may be floating about the college, nor can they give the time to run about picking up facts here and there, as newspaper reporters do. The fault is to be charged to the entire body of our students, and it is only...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/6/1884 | See Source »

...woman of thirty-five or forty, has brought suit against the editors of the Wooster Collegian, the organ of the University of Wooster, for libeling her good name and character, placing the amount of damages at $100,000. In several numbers of the Collegian, the editors have spoken somewhat ironically of Miss Hall and her actions, and she proposes to get pecuniary satisfaction, if the law will give it to her. At several sittings of the grand jury she attefor criminal libel, but failed each time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 2/5/1884 | See Source »

...advantage of it. Then let there be a stop from this constant crying for material which we hear from the various papers. Let all who desire to improve themselves take advantage of their opportunities, and perhaps the just clamor against the opportunities afforded by the English department will be somewhat lessened...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/5/1884 | See Source »

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