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...frequently happens, either through misdirection or carelessness, that the wrong letters are left in a man's room, where they remain for a number of days without any effort on the part of the receiver to return them to the post office or to their rightful owner. We do not intend to blame the postman who discharges his duties in a perfectly satisfactory manner. When, however, we think of the large amount of mail which passes daily through his hands, there is little wonder that occasionally letters find their way into the wrong rooms. Besides, as we have said above...
Whose tender, haunting strains echoed his wrong...
...freshman class. But we cannot do this unless more men try for the position. The contributions received thus far have not been numerous, in fact have been decidedly few. Only a small number of men have written, and these not often. Such a state of affairs is all wrong. A college paper is as representative a part of a college as any of its athletic teams, and deserves just as much support. It is as much the duty of those men who can write to come forward and do their share, as it is the duty of an athlete...
...commenting on the extremely small value of a college-bred man in our politics, and giving the impression that all such are but a mockery to that great number of successful men who have not had a college education. Such views seem to us to be radically and foolishly wrong. Now and then a collegian may make himself ridiculous by aspiring to some high position for which he is quite unfitted, but such a case does not often occur, as the writer of the article seems to think. A college training essentially cultivates common sense. We venture to say that...
...fellows, who were going on in the right way ; but if they did not make a good breakfast, he suspected them of an undue devotion to cigars and ardent spirits. This was rather a rough and ready way of arriving at an estimate, but perhaps he was not far wrong in the result. In this connection I may speak of another college dignitary who used to invite the men to breakfast. He only invited one at a time, and the breakfast invariably consisted of an egg and a chop. "Now, Mr. Jones," he would say, "suppose you take...