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Walt Whitman writes on "Old Poets." His article is so thoroughly decorated with parentheses that its appearance is as eccentric as a page of the venerable bard's former "barbaric yawp...
...Chess tournament has been finished, and has been won by F. W. Nicolls after a bard struggle with S. Adams who takes second prize. The two most interesting games of the series were between Adams and Crane and Irwin and Nicolls. The scores of all the players in the final round are as follows...
...their privilege to learn these poems only from recitals. Not on this account, however, was there any lack of opportunity to gain a knowledge of the stories of the Iliad and the Odyssey. On every occasion possible- at games, at feasts, at public and private assemblies- the bard or rhapsode was given the place of honor, and it was his part to recite again and again to the eager listeners the story of Achilles, Ajax, or Odysseus. In this way the people in every part of Greece became familiar with the great poems which were finally transcribed and carefully handed...
...class of '92 at the Annex has elected the following officers: President, Miss Breed: vice-president, Miss Hale; secretary, Miss Donnovan, The regular students of this class have taken a curious stand for which it would be bard to find a precedent. They do not recognize the special students as members of their class, and do not allow them to vote or have anything to say about class matters, although there are only seven regulars and eighteen or twenty specials...
...Connecticut Club the following men were elected regular members from '92: R. P. Freeman, W. M. Weed, K. E. Rogers, S. A. Davis, A. M. Day, G. C. Chapman, H. L. Grant. Prof. C. N. Lanman, Mr. E. H. Babbitt, Mr. W. A. Setchell and Mr. A. Bard were elected honorary members...