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...admitted a member. "Study," said Montesquieu, "has been for me a sovereign remedy against the disgusts of life, and I have never had a vexation that an hour's reading has not dissipated." But a man could not say that, who should choose Paul de Kock for his bosom friend rather than Milton, or prefer Miss Braddon's society to that of Vittoria Colonne...
...Frederick Brooks, of Grace Church, South Boston, addressed the St. Paul's Society last night. He took as his text, "Give and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down and shaken together, and running over, shall men give it into your bosom." Sacrifice, he said, is the fundamental principle of Christianity. It must not be a useless sacrifice like the heathen offerings to idols but it must be rather...
...step which will ultimately terminate in the dual league. It was thought that Harvard had realized the fallacy of such a hope some time ago, but if the CRIMSON expresses the sentiment of the college in this matter, it appears that Harvard is still cherishing in her bosom the dream which two years ago made her the subject of ridicule throughout the country.- Columbia Spectator...
...idea of a dream being "cherished" in the "bosom" is somewhat novel, but then, the Spectator is a humorous publication...
...marshals appointed by the four classes to make arrangements for the torchlight procession have decided upon the following uniform : Crimson dress coat trimmed with black collar and cuffs, black false vest and white bosom. These will be worn by all the classes. The senior class will wear blue pantaloons with broad white stripes at the sides; the junior class, orange pantaloons with black stripes; the sophomore class, green pantaloons with white stripes, and the freshman class white pantaloons with crimson stripes. Black beaver hats will be worn by all, each having the class number painted upon it in large white...