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...numbers. The Beacon, however, is not critical enough in its selections. The College Argus contains but little, and that is of interest only to its college. The Niagara Index is wretchedly printed and made up, and is hard reading. The Round Table complains of college indifference. This was a standard subject for Harvard papers about three years ago, but we suppose the evil has just reached Wisconsin. Hor&ae Scholastic&ae is the most pretentious of the papers from the preparatory schools, and has the most literary merit. The Exonian and Phillipian are well printed, and are good representatives...
...none too early for the various classes to begin to get together material for the crews that are to row in the spring, as it will require fully three months to train class eights up to the standard of last year. The chances of success are so evenly balanced, that if proper captains are chosen, and due care is taken in selecting men to row, the race must be very close. There ought to be plenty of men willing to train, with all the advantages that are now at hand, and the interest that is centred in these class contests...
...advantages daily throughout the winter. The building is perfect for its purpose, and the man at its head is both an accomplished gymnast and an educated physician. Dr. Sargent brings to Harvard the results of a long and successful experience, and feels confident that he can greatly improve the standard of our gymnastic exhibitions...
...early showed a great taste for the literature of the past, and longed to fit for college. Neither my father nor Father Reilly wished me to go to the Public Schools, on account of the low standard of social position. I studied by myself. By blacking boots, I earned enough to buy Bohn's translation of the Iliad, and was entranced with the beauty of that noble poem. I entered in 1876, and since then I have done nothing but study. I have left college only once, and that was on St. Patrick's Day, when my father's society...
...Echo has complimented the Crimson by selecting one of the latter's brevities as a standard for its jokes. Having obtained a standard, the Echo should now offer a few jokes to be tried...