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...indifferent to the laws of health. He is most happy when with his comrades at some cafe where he can smoke, drink and play cards. He remains in his room as little as possible, as it is always uncomfortable and generally uninhabitable. If not at a cafe he is sure to be at some brasserie. The brasseries can be described briefly as cafes of the lowest character. Then, again, there is the masked ball, where the students congregate Thursday and Saturday nights - not only to make fools of themselves but to commit the grossest excesses. Refinement seems to be banished...
From this brief sketch of the main features of Paris university life, so repugnant to our ideas and notions of such a life, I am sure all will agree with me when I affirm that for mental and physical comfort there is no place like Fair Harvard. Yours...
...Harvard, and its plea deserves to be presented and considered. Three years ago a Harvard man undertook to teach the Exeter students the Harvard stroke, but we are under the impression that his efforts were not rewarded with sufficient results on the part of the Exeter students. We are sure that several men could be found who would be willing to teach Exeter the Harvard stroke, provided they were assured careful work and strict attention...
...with great success throughout the college world. A collection of this sort would be a pleasant sort of a book for every Harvard graduate and would serve more than any other one book could, to remind him of the spirit and life of his college days. We feel sure that a publisher could be obtained who would assume the responsibility of the work and allow the compiler to run no risk. A selection of college poetry has been suggested also which should represent the entire college press, but the success of such a work is problematic. A book of Harvard...
...corner of the ground is, in fact, a rich peat-field, and if worked would doubtless yield no small returns. This fact, however, renders it unfit for holding the foundations of a building, so that athletics if finally, in the coming centuries, pinned down to that section, will be sure of one safe refuge from the advances of the mason and the carpenter...