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...propelled by the toe of the valiant Ropes, looking like the war angel sounding the onset and hovering over the mingling fray, we little thought then that to-day he would lie so low, surrounded by weeping Sophs! Exult, ye Freshmen, and clap your hands! The wise men who make big laws around a little table have stretched out their arms to encircle you, and for this once, at least, your eyes and noses are protected; you are shielded behind the aegis of Minerva. But for us there is naught but sorrow, the sweet associations and tender memories of eyes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SHORT HISTORY OF FOOTBALL AT HARVARD. | 10/14/1881 | See Source »

...learned 'tis wise to drop such terrorizing talk...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 6/17/1881 | See Source »

...martyred President of our Republic at his post of danger. It is therefore all the more surprising that last Monday should have passed by with no proper recognition by the College authorities; and we pause to ask if this implied neglect of public and patriotic duties be a wise and judicious thing. In the transept of Memorial Hall are the tablets which bear the names of Harvard's sons who fell in that bloody warfare for liberty and righteousness; they were placed there because Harvard justly desired to do her heroes the honor, however slight, of transmitting the memory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 6/3/1881 | See Source »

...Bursar must have studied his own duties and powers too carefully to overstep them." Let us see. In March last the Board of Directors voted to allow students to bring ladies to meals in the small room adjacent to the main hall of Memorial. As to whether this was wise or not, we have nothing to say. It was an innovation, but such an innovation as the Board had a right to make in case the Corporation found no fault with it. There was ample time for the Corporation to object if they wished, for the measure...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 5/6/1881 | See Source »

...authors of the article, "Penny Wise and Pound Foolish," in the last Crimson, does live in Weld, and knows that he stated no more than the truth about the janitor of that building, correspondents of the Echo to the contrary. The article in question was no hasty complaint, but a careful presentation of facts which to the writer, at least, seemed worthy of consideration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 4/5/1881 | See Source »

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