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...first college paper was the Gazette, issued at Dartmouth in 1800, chiefly memorable as containing numerous articles by Daniel Webster. This was followed in 1806 by the Literary Cabinet, published at Yale. The oldest of college papers now living is the Yale Literary Magazine, established in 1836. Secretary Evarts was one of the founders of this magazine, and D. G. Mitchell, Dr. J. P. Thompson, Senator Ferry, and President A. D. White have been among its editors...
There is, indeed, quite an array of distinguished names among the former editors of college papers. It is an inspiring thought to the young writer that Webster, Everett, and the Rev. Joseph Cook all began their great careers in this capacity...
...State Trials. Pinney: The Diver, Schiller. F. W. Taylor: My Duty as a Statesman, Lamar. H. O. Taylor: The Last Ride Together, Browning. Tufts: Soliloquy of Hamlet, Shakespeare. Vinton: Joan of Arc, De Quincey. Hunt: The Society upon the Stanislaus, Bret Harte. Wheeler: On the Impeachment of Judge Prescott, Webster...
Trinity College. - The first meeting of the Athletic Association of this college was held on May 25, and we append the results of the different races. Hundred-yards, J. D. Cheever, 10 3/4 sec.; mile-walk, L. Webster, 8 min. 46 sec.; running broad-jump, R. M. Campbell, 20 ft. 11 in.; half-mile run, F. G. Russell, 2 min. 33 sec.; three-legged race, Wilcox and Camp-bell, 16 1/4 sec.; quarter-mile run, E. D. Appleton, 58 sec.; running high-jump, F. G. Russell, 5 ft.; three-mile walk, L. Webster, 36 min.; 100-yard hurdle-race...
...Webster's derivation is substantially the same, adding that the word comes from the Greek ???, all or entirely a lion, a personal name with the Greeks...