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...least three performances of the Greek play will be given, and if the sale of tickets shows the necessity of such a measure, a number of extra performances may be expected. It is not decided whether the production of the play shall take place during the first or the third week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 1/28/1881 | See Source »

...four sermons by the Rev. Drs. Andrew P. Peabody, James Freeman Clarke, Thomas Hill, and Cyrus A. Bartol. They all heartily discuss the question whether antagonism or harmony exists between religion and science. The sermons are brief, logical, and clearly written, and will afford good reading for those who take any interest in religious discussions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 1/28/1881 | See Source »

...Dean, on hearing himself mentioned, looked up from his novel and smiled affably. "Be seated, gentlemen," said he. "What will you take?" We took, and passed out. Not far from the Deanery was a five-story brick ice-house. In one end of this was confined an unhappy creature, loaded with chains. He sat on the remains of a dead and gone steam-radiator. Near by stood a tall clock which counted the hours of his captivity, except when he neglected to wind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "GHOSTLY FUTURITIES." | 1/28/1881 | See Source »

...regulations of the Faculty students who are candidates for final honors are allowed to substitute Theses, in their special subjects, for the Forensics of the Junior and Senior years. That this is regarded as a privilege is proved by the large proportion of "honor men" who take advantage of this permission and write one or two Theses in place of the four required Forensics. Now the avowed object of Forensic writing is to give facility and force in the arrangement of an argument or proof. If this is the only object, why need the additional work of looking...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 1/28/1881 | See Source »

MINNIE. There, by Jove, time's up, and I've, aw, only done half the paper, aw; and am afraid I've got a condition. Well, I'll take the paper round to old Toddy-blossom, and then we'll go down and take in the crew...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT WE ARE COMING TO; OR, HARVARD IN 1981. | 1/14/1881 | See Source »