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...SAGACIOUS Junior, wishing to dispose of some textbooks, displayed the following enticing notice: "Textbooks for sale cheap; affable clerks." It is needless to say he met with perfect success...
...RECENT number of the Nation contained an article on "Schools and Scholarship," with direct bearing on the "secondary" school-system - in the schools which undertake to fit boys for college. The preparation which is obtained before entrance to any college has a vital importance on success in college, and materially affects the benefits arising from a collegiate education. Under the present system some men will always find college work comparatively easy, while others will have great difficulty in maintaining a high position in the large classes, now the rule and not the exception in our larger and older Colleges...
...becomes more evident every year that success at the bat and oar is only to be attained by persevering and enthusiastic labor. Let no petty or local dispute interfere where the honor of our University is at stake. The careless and cynic spirit should be frowned down; and every one should seek to contribute, in the way most suited to his abilities, to the honor and eminence of Harvard. Let those who are blessed with a good biceps grasp the bat or the oar; let those who have not that too common holy reverence for a pen seek to relieve...
...stand upon the threshold of a new era in College reforms. This year will witness the success or failure of an important change in the College system, - the voluntary attendance for the Senior Class. Our Dean has addressed a Circular to all the members of the class, urging punctuality at the beginning of the term, and inflicting heavy penalties for non-appearance. This suggests an important feature of the reform: the success of the experiment is as dependent upon the Students as upon the Faculty. Without hearty co-operation on our side, the measure will fall to the ground, despite...
...which the Magenta is called to notice, is the death of the HON BENJAMIN R. CURTIS. Few of her sons have done more to reflect honor upon our Alma Mater than this eminent and distinguished jurist. His fame was national. The early promise he gave of great power and success in the profession he had chosen was more than fulfilled by what he achieved. The characteristics of his mind were clearness of apprehension, power of analysis, and breadth of comprehension, by which he mastered every subject submitted for his examination in all its parts and relations, and was able...