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Thou deemest lovers' lips are wise...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RONDEL. | 12/6/1878 | See Source »

...Vassar Miscellany is no longer a college paper, but a monthly magazine. If we can judge from the present number, the change will prove a wise one. The articles are bright and amusing. One young lady writes on the subject, "Has the educated woman a duty towards the kitchen?" and comes to the conclusion that she has. The exchange editress pays her respects to the Courant as follows...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 11/22/1878 | See Source »

...hard to get them. The men of '81 pulled a plucky and determined race, and showed themselves a more manly set of men than the unfavorable criticism of the college was, at one time, inclined to admit. The warnings that the Advocate urges upon the present Freshman class are wise and practical. It is useless to undertake to row a race when the amount of money that can be raised to support the crew is still a vague uncertainty: it is also well, before sending a challenge, to consult those who have had somewhat more than a few months' experience...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 9/27/1878 | See Source »

...would still have the rent to pay on an estate that was bringing him in no income. Mr. Blakie may lock the doors of the boat-house next October, and refuse to admit any one until a sufficient number of paying members is obtained, and this would be a wise course for him to take. In spite of these facts we still think that "the status of the 'house-clubs' for next year does not seem to warrant the discouraging article in the Advocate." There are persons who always look upon the gloomy side of every question, no matter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 7/3/1878 | See Source »

...from the old perch once in a while without being caught by that demon Jones, and to have a pleasant chat with friends. A few of us are going to meet here to-night, and perhaps you may like to see us in our unofficial capacity, - for, like those wise men, the Faculty, it makes a difference whether you see us before or behind the scenes. But, ha! ha! my dear boy, just imagine how Jones would howl if he missed me. Somebody would be suspended for it Monday night, I tell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT THE BELL THINKS OF PRAYERS. | 5/3/1878 | See Source »

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