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...Cornell Era says we clip the following from the HARVARD HERALD, and we must confess our ignorance as to where they got it, for it is not credited to any one. We confess our ignorance as to where the articles "A New Course," "The Pea-green Sunflower," etc., contained in the last Era were obtained; but we suppose they must have come from the pen of the editors, as they were not credited...
...Cornell Era contains a series of "Lessons in Natural History," from which we clip the following...
...debt of $2,000, incurred at the last walking-match, to any man who can smooth off the blocks of Boylston in 365 consecutive days. Two men have entered, the Chinese professor and Connors. As there are 1,365 blocks altogether in Boylston, and as two men can clip two and one-eighth stones in one day 25 hours and 76 minutes, one will see at a glance that men who are now betting six to one that the Chinese professor will complete it in three years are sure losers...
...also stated that it was to be removed in pieces, and that great care had been exerted in selecting men who would clip the blocks so that the chips would fit in with each other. Two men had finally been engaged who had just served a sentence of ten years for clipping coins. These men had been a long time out of practice, and as great care had to be exercised in clipping, they were ordered to clip only one minute at a time and then rest for two, so as to nerve themselves for the next minute. Under...
...Columbia Spectator has been publishing a series of articles on college colors, and from the summary at the end we clip the following: Amherst, white and purple; Bowdoin, white; Brown, brown; Columbia, blue and white; Cornell, carnelian; Dartmouth, green; Harvard, crimson; New York, University of, violet; Pennsylvania, University of, blue and red; Princeton, orange; Rutgers, scarlet; Trinity, white and green; Tufts, blue and brown; Union, (magenta) or garnet; Wesleyan, lavender; Williams, royal purple; Yale, blue...