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...understand, then," said I, "that anything, from Rabelais to Scarron, may be read and conned eight hours of the day, within these walls, by any lad of fifteen, and yet not read, outside, by any man under eighty. Here are your books; take them back to their alcoves to be purified by the dust of ages and dog-eared by interested youth. Well, can you give me Praed's poems...
...Spring Races take place Saturday...
...event of great interest to all Harvard men will take place this spring, - the sculling-match between Mr. Livingstone, Yale, '79, and Mr. Goddard, Harvard, '79. After long negotiations, definite arrangements for the race have at length been made; it is to be rowed on the 9th of May at Lake Quinsigamond, the distance being two miles with a turn. Each side is to appoint two judges, one to remain at the start, and one to be at the turn; the referee has not yet been selected. As the contestants hold the championships of their respective colleges, the race will...
...must be confessed that last Saturday's meeting of the Athletic Association, although good in comparison with the first, fell far short of last year's standard. The number of entries, to be sure, was encouraging; but, when we take into consideration the number of men in the University who are competent to enter, we have to admit that those who declare that too much time is given to muscular development at Harvard cannot have attended this year's meetings. It is also to be regretted that some of those who did enter seemed to have given little time...
JOSHUA STETSON.AT a meeting of the Class of '77 held on Thursday afternoon, at the Parker House, to take action in regard to the death of Joshua Stetson, the following Resolutions were adopted...