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...Christmas. The whole scene is striking and unique, and well worthy of its academic surroundings. Queen's College, even more than Magdalen, confers benefit on the public, by the retention of old customs. The large number that flock to the Hall every Christmas Day, to see the Boars head, attest the popularity of that timehonored dish, and the ceremony therewith. In fact, it frequently happens that people are turned away from the College gates from lack of more space within the precincts. Precisely at five o'clock in the afternoon, the long procession begins to wind its way from...
...club will sing in the yard, and on the same occasion the brass band will also make its appearance for the first time. These open air concerts are always remembered as among the pleasantest events in the spring term here, and the number of persons who attend them well attest the popularity in which they are held by the students...
...perhaps the best theoretical exposition of the doctrine of protection that has ever been presented. While he was a lecturer in Political Economy he was always a staunch supporter of protection to American industries. Professor Bowen now confines himself to Philosophy, and the popularity of his courses attest his success and the esteem in which he is held by the students...
...repeating it again, on account of the apparently small interest taken in these concerts by the college at large. It is to be hoped that this doubt will not arise again this year, but that a sufficiently appreciative interest will be shown by the students in these concerts to attest their success and popularity...
...Attest the way that I've been spending...