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...over-eating. I learned that his name was Simpel, and that he had been a member of the Freshman class here. The chief interest in this case centred around the heart, which the surgeons took especial care to dissect. On cutting away the pericardium, the aorta was found to wear a greenish hue, attributable, I was told, to the tender age of the subject. One lobe was slightly toughened, and I noticed that this hardness was gradually spreading over the whole organ. This symptom, the doctors said, always appears after doses of beer at Carl's and theatre-parties...
...aitegraph cannot get out of order, unless it rust for want of constant use. The cut attachment will last a lifetime, and the register is warranted never to make mistakes nor wear out. Each petition will be original and convincing. The Freshman petition will be timid, uncertain, but innocent; the Sophomore, ingenious, but insincere; the Junior, reckless; the Senior, independent, but having a "matter-of-course" air. From a moral point of view the new device is unobjectionable, since no one will be responsible for the nature of his petition...
...next day I went in, dressed in calling costume, - black coat, &c., - and was met by a chorus of disapprobation. "How ungraceful these modern garments are! Why did n't you wear something flowing?" I mildly suggested that I had nothing in that line except a dressing-gown, and that I had not undertaken to make a guy of myself. So the class proceeded to array me in various garments belonging to the studio. A piece of embroidered mummy cloth was draped artistically over me, like a Roman toga; a sort of parti-colored cap, like those found in snapping...
...students intending to exercise must appear in costume, if members of a club they must wear its uniform; the uniform of the Harvard Rifle Corps, a coat and cap, will not be sufficiently extensive...
...Gazette: "An innovation upon the invariable rule that the trousers must be lighter than the coat and waistcoat, introduced by the members of the Coaching Club in New York last season, finds but little favor. Neutral tints are chosen for calling, and pale shades, especially putty color, for evening wear on occasions when white is not de rigueur...