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From some unknown and unique motives of benevolence Mr. George W. Childs of the Philadelphia Ledger has commissioned a New York firm "to send, at his expense," a copy of a heliotype portrait group of the "representative journals and journalists of America" to "each college in the United States...
...grumble at destiny if his pocket-book will not permit him to indulge in such extras as fresh salmon, straw berries in February, and all the delicacies that belong to the menu of a first-class hotel. Such a thing as a marked violation of good breeding is almost unknown at these tables. For six years from four hundred to six hundred students have eaten together in this the largest college dining hall in the world, and no disturbance whatever has ever occurred. Indeed, such a thing would be impossible among young men so well bred. The nearest approach...
...delinquent. Then at the end of the year the classes reviewed the work of the year preparatory to an oral examination held by a board of examiners. Their examination, however, counted but little, the marks for the year being assigned principally from the monthly reports. Written examinations were wholly unknown before 1857 and were introduced gradually...
Some party or parties unknown indulged in the sport of smashing in all the windows in the president's lecture room at Yale Monday night...
...evenly and gracefully developed than those who practice gymnastics, rowing or walking event, for these act only on certain portions of the body, whereas the former calls on all parts alike. Runners are also much more elastic in movement, and their muscles respond with a readiness that is entirely unknown among those who aim at mere strength or the development of a certain part; hence it follows that persons who desire to possess quick, active muscles, a full, rounded evenly-developed body, a deep chest and a lithe, graceful carriage, should make running one of their favorite exercises...