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Again, humor, to be pleasing, should be natural, should spring forth of its own accord. Nothing is more displeasing than a labored production, especially if it aims to be witty. True wit resides in the man, and is not the result of education; it is the gift of nature. The more manifest reasons that the so-called funny writings are not favorably received in college journals is, because they appear to have no point to them; or if they have their applications, they are so poorly carried out, either by inability on the part of the writer...
...prepared, extracts in reference to the different pictures will be given from Mr. Ruskin's works, who will himself send on several water-color sketches. As it is highly probable that the collection of the Duke of Montpensier from Spain will be opened at the Athenaeum this spring, there will be no excuse for us, if we do not try to get some conception of art from the masters thus presented...
...have received several communications on Spring, but, believing the majority of our readers to be sufficiently well acquainted with its features, we have thought it superfluous to print them. The ice in the river has broken up, and, the floats being out, rowing is now in order. This is a genuine indication of warmer weather...
...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 would have a crew on the river in the spring. As nearly every one of the speakers had alluded in one way or another to the "Ball Interest," Mr. N. W. Perry found the subject rather exhausted when he rose to respond to the toast. He recapitulated the record of the Nine, however, and said that he attributed the success...
...then voted to enter a crew at the spring races...