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...Washington Gladden has a very interesting article on "The Strength and Weakness of Socialism," in the March Century...
...September 2nd, 1862, Lee was within a few miles of Washington where McClellan was quartered with the Union army. Lee formed a plan to invade Maryland, and thus draw McClellan away from Washington, his base of supplies. Accordingly Lee crossed the upper Potomac and concentrated at Frederick City. McClellan then marched slowly toward him. Meanwhile Lee sent several detachments to capture a garrison of about 11,000 men at Harper's Ferry; but kept most of his men strung along the Blue Ridge...
...bangers carried by a Yale freshman in the parade on Washington's birthday measured eighteen inches in circumference...
...Yale senior class have chosen their committees for the festivities of commencement week as follows: Promenade committee, Richard, Bates, Churchill, Goodlett, Francke, E. C. Smith, J. C. Adams, Brinton and Stiles; class-day committee, MacElroy, Goodwin, Heiller, Washington, Davis and Hyde; supper committee, Hord, Wing, Anderson, Morgan, Griggs; ivy committee, Dickey, E. L. Smith and Dutcher; cup committee, Arkell, E. L. Lambert, Sewall...
...disrespect to the memory of the Father of his Country is easily explained. It is simply a natural consequence of that conservatism illustrated by compulsory prayers and the rising bell. When the college was founded there was no necessity for such a celebration, owing to the unfortunate fact that Washington was yet unknown. Therefore, as it became the custom not to observe the day, it has not been, and probably never will be, observed. So much we are indepted to our sometime conservative rulers...