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...behalf of the Institute. Mr. Wheeler gave an account of the work of the Athen&aeum during the present year, and in conclusion, drawing his inspiration from "Req. Physics," presented a very pleasing picture of the two societies shining as sister stars in the College firmament. Mr. Bradford spoke of the unusual good feeling that had existed between the societies during the present year, and hoped that it might continue hereafter...
...Toast-Master then gave the fourth toast, "The Literary Interest," and called on Mr. R. S. Culbreth. Mr. Culbreth's reply was witty and enthusiastic. Taking novels and the novelist as a theme, he spoke of the great advantage of a course of general reading in college. In reply to the fifth toast, "The Boating Interest," Mr. D. C. Bacon gave a short statement of the plans of the University Crew for the coming summer, and said that although the class had been somewhat unfortunate in losing a good many of its boating men, still "seventy-six" in all probability...
...advised young journalists to regard matter more than form, and maintained that any one with something to say could express it. As an alumnus of the College, and an editor of distinction himself, his remarks were listened to with great interest. He was followed by Professor William Everett, who spoke of some of the peculiarities of student life in the English Universities, alluding to the manner in which students there eat together in their own rooms as worthy of imitation here. In regard to oratory, boating, etc., in which we are apt to consider ourselves far behind English students...
...Lecture-Room of the Museum, in which Agassiz for the last time spoke in public, has been heavily draped in black...
...word she spoke as fondly...