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...later years of his course usually stands in the lower or middle section of his class in his earlier years at college, principally, we presume, because the rise or decline of a student in such cases is as a matter of course very marked. It must be admitted, we think, that here the power of perseverance comes most into play in insuring continued success. The old story of undue precocity partly explains the phenomenon. The gradual oncoming of a certain blase spirit, resulting from the weariness of overforced mental activity, is remarkable in many cases. With some, college...
...more fitly observed. Many Harvard men, no doubt, would gladly spend the little time and money required to decorate, once a year, the building which commemorates at once the patriotism of the dead and the generosity of the living. Most Harvard men (especially the faculty) do not think that "the recognition of the dead soldiers of the Civil War of Harvard University ended the day that the hall was dedicated." The dedication of Memorial Hall was but the beginning of Harvard's recognition. Today as the student passes the marble slabs in the transept of Memorial, his imagination carries...
Although we do not consider Harvard entirely out of the race, still we think that the pennant will go either to Yale or Princeton, with a chance in favor of Brown. They have played a magnificent game thus far, and in the face of hard luck. Yale's main strength lies in the abilities of her pitcher, Jones. The Princeton team is a hard one to beat as she has so many old ball tossers. - [Mich. Chronicle.] Is not the Chronicle a little premature in its prognostications...
...society building, on the one hand, and against infringing on the grounds of the tennis and cricket men, on the other. Added to these restrictions is the extreme liability of the ball to get "out of bounds" - thus causing delay in having the ball "drawn off." Now, we think that there is ground enough to accommodate all the tennis men, the cricket men, the base-ball nines and the lacrosse teams, if the ground was assigned with reference to the needs of the different games. The green, running from the society building southerly toward the site...
...Boat Club is disappointed in its calculations to the extent of nearly $400, it is thought advisable to publish a statement of the finances of the club in order to induce the college to furnish more money, and to explain to those who think that the crew wastes money what the expenses have been...