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...course of his remarks he expressed the following views on the warfare now going on between the classics and the sciences: Five-and-twenty years ago, when the hours of study were fewer and the examinations less numerous, a boy had far greater opportunity of following up any special task than he had now. Subjects which did not tell had now no chance. It was very necessary, therefore, that they should ask themselves whether they were following a wise system or not. A young man might pass creditably, nay, with distinction, through school and college, and find himself when...
...painfully dragging a curious cart of delicate years about the grounds, engaged in carrying lumber or removing rubbish of some sort. But it is with the first snow-fall that this steed prances forth, shedding about him the last feeble rays of his departing glory. Bravely assuming his heavy task, he urges on his faltering steps in an almost vain endeavor to drag a cumbersome snowplow through the mighty drifts. Spavined, aged, Lame, his case would surely seem to be one to provoke the pity and interference, if not of the college officers, then of some of the numerous societies...
...volume issued last year among "juveniles," entitled "Three Vassar Girls Abroad" had the effect of exciting the direful wrath of the Vassar Miscellany to an unusual degree. Undaunted, the authors announce for publication this fall, "Three Vassar Girls in England." The esteemed Miscellany has a hard task before...
...contest when Winslow, who had begun to show evidence of extraordinary ability as a pitcher, was taken ill and was obliged to stop play. The pitching, consequently, devolved on Nichols and Allen, who have each done remarkably well, in spite of the disadvantageous circumstances under which they undertook the task. Still it could not be expected that without previous practice or training in the position they could do as well as men who have enjoyed the advantages of training under Ward, Goldsmith and Keefe. As if these misfortunes were not enough, at the very beginning of the season most...
...courts on the college grounds will confer a favor on the Tennis Association by handing in their names, designating their courts, as soon as possible. A list of all the courts on the college grounds is to be made, and as this will be by no means an easy task all should assist the secretary of the association by complying with his request at their earliest convenience. Tuesday next is the last day for receiving such applications...