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DURING the past College year the University lecturers have been represented by only one gentleman, Mr. Perkins. The number might be increased with much benefit to the students, and it seems to us that a course on law would be as instructive and useful as on any subject, a knowledge of which is requisite for general culture. At Dartmouth there is a course of lectures on law delivered to the academic students. They do not go into the subject deeply, but enough to read the frequent law terms which occur in articles, newspapers, and books with more intelligence...
...muffs, also, were made by a veteran, usually the surest catch on the Eleven. Tapper and Harris, however, made good catches, and Lee as wicket keep and Bruce as long stop were very efficient. In their second innings, although the "crease" had been rolled, much to the benefit of their adversary's bowling, our Eleven scored 36. They thus just avoided a defeat by an inning, and were beaten instead by ten crickets. In this inning Jones and Lee batted well for their scores. Save their bowling, which was accurate and effective, the play of the Mayflowers was poor...
...benefit. Then her youthful flame...
...site of old Harvard, which was burnt in 1764; Massachusetts Hall, built in 1720; Hollis Hall, built in 1763; Holden Chapel, built in 1745; College House, a wooden building, 1770; and Stoughton Hall, built in 1698. . . . . During this summer, a bath was erected at brick-wharf for the benefit of the students of the University. It was made under the superintendence of Thomas Brattle, Esquire, and happily unites ornament with utility...
...first Theatrical Entertainment for the benefit of the Harvard Boat Club took place at Horticultural Hall last evening. The house was crowded with a most enthusiastic and appreciative audience. The programme consisted of a comedietta, entitled "A Happy Pair," and the burlesque, "William Tell with a Vengeance." Messrs. Bowditch and Shaw, '75, took part in the comedietta, and rendered the witty and sparkling dialogue with unusual vivacity and naturalness. The abrupt change of manner, in both roles, was particularly well done; and the acting of both gentlemen was accompanied with remarkable ease of manner...