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...said that there was a marked improvement over the standard of several years ago. It is doubtful whether this statement is correct. Before the adoption of the preliminary system there was a much greater number of candidates than now, and the poor speakers, having a large majority, made the whole performance appear to be of an ordinary kind. At any rate, the present standard is not creditable, and ought to be raised...
...large audience, among whom there were many students and friends of the author, Mr. Charles T. Dazey, '81. And it is not too much to say that their expectation was fully realized. Though the play was necessarily of a local character, yet it was entirely appreciated by the whole audience, and contained no personalities at which the most sensitive nature could take offence. The hits, though scarcely any of them new, were brought out in situations that showed no little ingenuity and dramatic talent. The actors were good in their respective parts, with the exception of one or two hitches...
...Early English are far superior to anything offered in any other college in America; English 5 and 7 are invaluable to those who desire a thorough literary education; but what a little place do seven courses in English, representing fifteen hours of instruction a week, fill in the whole great elective system! It is the value of what we have that makes us long for more...
...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, the heart of the young being very impressionable. On cutting further, streaks of a simple fluid were discovered, coursing towards the arteries. This phenomenon occasioned much dispute for a time...
...whole country's praises hear...