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Amherst.- For the benefit of candidates for admission living in the West, Examination Boards are to be appointed in Cincinnati and Chicago...
...heats of summer are there less intense than in many places farther north, while this elysium is yet far enough south to escape the "rigors of northern winters." "At the same time the clear, dry air, entirely free from the malaria which infects so many parts of the West and Southwest, acts as a clarifier of the blood, and a gentle tonic to the energies of persons enfeebled by long inhaling the pestiferous air of ague-breeding regions." One would fancy it a charming place for fellows obliged to leave college on account of ill health. But we caution such...
...down in the crimson west...
Coming fresh from the untutored wilds of the West, South, or that geographically uncertain and ever-receding location which goes under the non-committal name of "Down East," a slight touch of indigenous brogue in a Freshman is excusable - for three months or so. A generous critic might allow him a year to wear off such gaucherie. But how can the new-comer fail at once to notice the wide discrepancy between his pronunciation and that of educated people, if, of course, he be of ordinary intelligence? His only safe course is to turn to his Worcester and abide...
...persons, Freshmen especially, who live within the limits of Holyoke Club are requested to try for the spring crews. Holyoke Club comprises Holyoke House, Dolton's and Little's Blocks, and from the west side of Holyoke Street to the south side of Mt. Auburn Street...