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...that our action was right. A rule preventing professionals from competing in college athletic sports has never been deemed necessary, but the action of the college base ball league last year in regard to Richmond, the Brown pitcher, showed pretty conclusively the feeling of the college world on that subject. Among the matches run by this Fitzgibbons, the Spirit's correspondent mentions a race run in May, 1879, with Witherbee, '81, who made such a good showing at our last Spring Meeting; and if the race were for a prize, which is the natural inference, it follows that Witherbee...
...persons high in authority in England - that her heart's first affections were given to Richard Vaux of Quaker City, and she would have married him if she had been allowed, but state reasons prevailed to deter her. The Queen of England could not marry a subject, even of royal blood, and therefore she was forced to forget her fancy for the American, - or not quite forget it: in memory of it, my informant says, she has permitted her children to marry according to their hearts' choice rather than for ambition's sake. Vaux lingered in England until her marriage...
...easily within the comprehension of a child of three years. One would think that if the Rhetoric instructors did not care to make their courses attractive, they would at least not seek to fill them by overriding the rules in regard to anticipation. Rhetoric is such an easy subject, and the instruction is so unpopular, that if anticipation were allowed as freely as the Regulations intend, the number on the rolls of the Rhetoric sections would fall to as low a figure as the actual attendance on the course counts at present. When, to avoid this, after having the passing...
After a hearty meal, the philosopher broached his subject. "Yung," said he, "have you an attachment to any girl...
...silent; and Sue, discouraged by having her pet subject received in so cool a manner, changed the conversation. "Have you seen the arrivals?" she asked...