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...these causes upon the Russian mind. The attention given to apolism and mysticism brings into prominence two comparatively new phases of the question. But the latter half of the book is hardly satisfactory, and the reader feels the failure upon the author's part to carefully track the various phases of the more active and agressive character of the contest...
...upon the effeminate grass. The only active pump in the yard is their headquarters, and the thirsty student is often compelled to await his turn until the individual members of the detail of muckerism which happens to have precedence over him have sufficiently amused themselves and their comrades by various feats of agility of which the pump is the prime motor. It is useless for the faculty to attempt to rejuvenate the sickly sward while it is the camping ground of muckerism. Never has the college been so troubled by this form of torment, and never has the condition...
There have been presented at the various meetings 14 formal communications on different scientific subjects, and two excursions have been made into the surrounding country, for the purpose of collecting natural history specimens. Of these the curators will probably speak more particularly in their reports...
...From various entries in the journal we learn that "Harvard indifference" is not of recent growth. May 23rd, 1836, "all the officers except the junior secretary being absent, a committee was appointed to inquire the reason, and a long discussion took place on the infelicitous state of the society." At the next meeting a committee appointed "to concert measures to raise the character of the society and excite more interest in the exercises," recommended that "in order to secure the attendance of a fixed number of members so necessary for the improvement at which we aim, a new list...
...greatest aids to a wise selection of college studies is a little book now in press, on the "Study of Political Economy," by Prof. Laughlin. The articles recently published in the Atlantic and in the Popular Science Monthly on the various aspects of economic study by this same writer, have done much to clear up a subject about which so little is known, except by those who have pursued it. The book is just what is needed, and we feel certain that it will be received with great favor by the students...