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...enter into a discussion of this much-vexed question. But of one thing we feel quite certain - that most of those who are competent to judge do still uphold the elective system. We cannot believe that "a large portion of the alumni of Harvard" condemn it, whatever opinions the superior wisdom of Boston journalists may dictate...
Wooden toothpicks, it is well known, are an excellent tonic, and serve very readily as a satisfactory substitute for unappetizing soups or meats. The medical "faculty" generally endorse them ; although some, it is true, assert that quills are superior. Indeed, it is to be regretted that the directors do not see their way to the introduction of quill toothpicks as a supplementary or alternative course on the regular bill of fare for wooden ones. Perhaps they will, however, consent to place quill toothpicks upon the order list. I earnestly urge this suggestion upon them...
...most of the students at Oxford and Cambridge who come from the United States and British Colonies are attracted thither "chiefly by the charm of college life." "Whatever charges may be brought against their teaching," it says, "the social and intellectual life of the students is no doubt far superior to that of the German universities. It is not only very easy and pleasant, in the better colleges, teachers and students meeting one another almost on equal terms, but it is very stimulating, and possibly does as much for a man's mind as the regular instruction he receives...
...first four of the superior court of the Thayer Club in the Law School are: Andrew Woods, N. W. McIver, R. N. Harris and E. P. Lathrop...
...number of students is very evident by the occasional murmurs of disapproval which reach our ears. But we can safely prophesy that, if the authorities hope to draw a congregation in the evenings from the mass of students, they will have to offer special inducements in the way of superior preachers who are known to be popular among the students. If there was a necessity for such a change other than that proposed, our curiosity and nothing more prompts us to inquire what it was that has occasioned a change so disagreeable to the college at large...