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...destructive mood, try the various readings for "Cayuga" which a glance at the map of Maine will suggest. Seriously, we like the poem exceedingly, and though the author shows inexcusable carelessness in places, - as in rhyming "maid" with "made," and "thee" with "thee," such blemishes are as nothing compared with the sentimental puling and precocious goodiness which we have learned, alas! to expect in many of our exchanges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Our Exchanges. | 5/2/1873 | See Source »

...this. The article on "Wilmington and its Industries" is one not so attractive to our minds, and seems somewhat out of place in a magazine of such a popular character. No doubt, however, it will please some. For our own part, we are tempted to wonder how much the various manufacturers pay to have cuts of their buildings so prominently exhibited, and their various productions so well advertised. Those who are interested in fiction will find much to please them, and those, too, who seek for witty sayings will not be unsatisfied if they turn to "Our Monthly Gossip...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Our Exchanges. | 5/2/1873 | See Source »

WERE the many queer things which have been left as transmittenda in the various rooms the College brought together, they would form an interesting and a motley group. Though perhaps they could not be arranged artistically, yet the ideas suggested by a look at the individual objects would be strangely contrasted...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TRANSMITTENDA. | 5/2/1873 | See Source »

...Graduates' Cup has arrived. It will be placed in the Library, where those wishing can have an opportunity to see it. The names of the various members of the winning crews will not be engraved upon it, but will be recorded on parchment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevities. | 4/18/1873 | See Source »

There are various avenues to college popularity: some wish to be popular with a few, and therefore seek by means of their money to make friends with the conspicuous members of prominent societies; some try for it by prowess in boating or at ball, and some by generous contributions to the funds for current expenses; some by being jolly fellows, and others by the politic exercise of an eloquent and self-asserting tongue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: POPULARITY AND POLICY. | 4/4/1873 | See Source »

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