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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...entertainment which accompany the afternoon and evening hours. Again, considered from the sluggard's standpoint, the change is not a serious one. Seven o'clock in summer is not as early as eight in winter, and it is also much the cooler and pleasanter time for study, - a valuable consideration in view of the hot summer days. But this morning hour cannot be secured without a change in the breakfast and chapel hours, since studying before breakfast is difficult and exhaustive, while breakfast before chapel is certainly impracticable. I would suggest, then, as a solution of this problem, that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 4/6/1877 | See Source »

A POSTAL has been sent to our Athletic Association by the Secretary of the New York Athletic Club, which serves both as announcement of their spring games and as invitation to us to join in them. The programme will be found below, and, as can be seen from it, their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLUB. | 4/6/1877 | See Source »

THE Secretary of the Senior class has furnished his classmates with blanks for their. "lives," accompanied with directions and an appeal that the blanks be filled out immediately. We cannot but regret that the Secretary and Class Committee have determined to hold on to this ancient method of compiling the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 4/6/1877 | See Source »

Let us consider them in order, taking the lowest class, the Carnivora, first. This class comprises all proctors of prey, and it is indeed a numerous one. Its habits are strange, and form a very interesting study, and that you may know them the better, I will mention a few...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORRESPONDENCE. | 3/9/1877 | See Source »

THE New York Times has an exhaustive editorial, in a recent issue, on the subject of elective studies. The author shows a good deal of sense and acknowledge of his subject, but the article can hardly apply to us, as we have realized every improvement which he advocates. The smaller...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Headline | 2/23/1877 | See Source »

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