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...should be such that they will allow time for the extra work. When the instructor looks over the books, I trust he will bear in mind the fact that they were written, in some parts, by mortals who were prevented, by a longing for lunch, from giving up their whole minds to Rhetoric...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A COMPLAINT FROM '78. | 2/25/1876 | See Source »

...That this club hereby agrees to pay to the President and Fellows of Harvard College for the use of the H. U. B. C. boat-house, ten per cent per annum in advance on the whole amount to be expended by the Corporation in cancelling all claims against the boat-house, and in remodelling and repairing it for the use of the Club; and to pay, when due, all charges for the use of water as assessed by the Water Board; and to make such repairs as may be made necessary by the neglect or carelessness of the members...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 2/25/1876 | See Source »

...they were at a Delta. Kappa. peanut bum, and in spite of the entreaties of the committee and waiters, crowded, till those who were disposed to be gentlemanly had to push in to get anything at all." As we read, still further down the column, that "on the whole the Promenade was a success, perhaps more so than any other we have seen." we shuddered involuntarily at the thought of what sights had met the eyes of the editors of the Courant...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 2/25/1876 | See Source »

...most recent investigations seem to show that they came from the land of the rising sun, and found, in the country of the mound-builders, a hopelessly savage people. With the aid of the magic power which they drew from the sun, they gained complete control of the whole region, but they were at first unable to civilize the natives. The aboriginal race had sunk to such a depth of degradation that even the divine power of the gods could not of itself raise them. When Munnee and Boshor discovered this, they spat upon the earth, and a great river...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE RELIGION AND MORALS OF THE MOUND-BUILDERS. | 2/25/1876 | See Source »

...this would after all be but a superficial remedy. It is true that, since the Hollis fire, the Holyoke constituency is more than three times that of Holworthy; but to transfer members from one club to the other would not radically improve the condition of the clubs as a whole. This should certainly be done, but the reform should be carried further. The boats, with the possible exception of the sixes and fours, should be thrown into one common stock; the four separate organizations should be fused into one, and the absurd restriction should be removed which prevents a member...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BOAT-CLUB SYSTEM. | 2/11/1876 | See Source »