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...their debts, etc. The more private and social societies might do the same. A disagreeable and often ill-managed responsibility would be lifted off of the shoulders of our fellow-students, and the money matters of the clubs, being managed by men who could give to them their whole time, would probably be found to assume a much less troublesome form than they at present have...
...sand-bar of conceit - provided he was in earnest - that they concluded it was sarcasm. After that the article was such a curious combination of sarcasm and burlesque, and so frequently did there occur conflicting opinions, that it was impossible to form any idea of the article as a whole. Many unacquainted with college life must have thought there were facts there well concealed, and this is where the harm comes in; we must not give any grounds for the formation of mistaken conceptions. From the nature of the subject, or from its treatment, very few would judge the article...
This soon brought matters to a head; the whole town broke out in revolt. The men assembled round an aged tree, called the Rebellion Tree, or the Charter Oak. Here they were taken command of by C. I. Washington. This leader is famous only for carrying a hatchet instead of a sword. The war raged violently for four or seven years, - accounts differ; during a battle in the town, Hollis Hall, one of the principal buildings, was burnt. The final battle was at a place that went by the name of "The Annuals." The government was completely defeated, and fell...
...hoped that the Class-Day Committee will take ample measures to exclude the ubiquitous mucker whose habitual presence has so marred previous Class Days. For the whole day the Yard should be kept clear, and the committee is such that if they but make up their minds the Celtic element cannot enter into the procession of the Class as a disorderly phalanx, where it is usually prone to straggle...
...hundreds of others who cannot do likewise. There are men who, having been favored with early advantages, find in their memories stores of information and experience which they know that others lack, and yet which they take no pains to conceal. There are men, in short, who pass their whole lives in the effort to make an invidious distinction between themselves and their fellows. These are the men whom we ought to despise. These are the men whom our duty orders us to tread beneath our feet. These are the men who, if things were as they should...