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...years of hard usage. Though substantial and solid in appearance, the building, neither without nor within, is unsightly, the decoration and finish in the quiet style and colors now prevalent satisfying even the eye of the artist. The first specific thing which attracts attention is an inscription on the wall above the staircase, giving in a few words a short history of the medical department of Harvard. The first lectures were given in 1783 in Harvard Hall, Cambridge. In 1810, the school was moved to Boston, where, in 1815, it occupied the new Hall on Mason street, built...
...entered the reading room, where groups of students sat at the tables poring over the reference books.-"grinding," is the term in vogue at Cambridge for this studious pursuit. On either side of the reading room were alcoves, filled to repletion with still more books, while on the wall hung portraits of the past benefactors of the university, to whose munificence the students of Harvard owe this magnificent collection of volumes, forming the largest and most complete college library in America, Though it was early in the afternoon, we noticed that the library was gradually growing dark, and that...
...will mention only a few salient features of the place. After Chester, Oxford is, without doubt, the most picturesque city in England: I consider it more picturesque even than Chester. Most of its colleges are several hundred years old, and the style of architecture is medieval. The ancient wall of the city is still standing, and the real beauty of the place is inside the great quadrangles, where are some of the most beautiful gardens and lawns and walks in the world. I recall no city in Europe which can present a more picturesque street than High street, Oxford...
...which adorns that classic building. Sitting down before his cosy fire, listening to his pleasant chat, we think, "lo, how charming is a college life; so quiet, so peaceful, so free from care." This thought has hardly passed through our minds, when a horrid noise re-echoes from the wall, rolling from story to story with wild clamor; at last it dies away, and when silence reigns again we gasp, with dismay, "What on earth was that?" "That," says Snodkins, taking his cigarette from his lips, and blowing fragrant little rings of smoke into the air, "that...
...foot ball team and belongs to the Harvard Dining Association; also that he is an editor of the Harvard Advocate, and connected in various ways with every other organization of the college. A certificate for Highest Second-Year Honors in Mathematics hangs in a conspicuous place on the wall, and on a side table is a nicely bound book, which on closer examination proves to be a "detur...