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...most--interesting of the recent sales has been that of a perfect copy of Dickens' "Pickwick Papers" for $28,000. If money can be considered a criterion of any value, it apparently indicates in this case that the plump little Mr. Pickwick still does not fall to cut a favorable figure, while the Messrs. Weller and Snodgrass empty the wine keg. Such characters as these are too well established in literature to be dislodged by any trifling fancies of the time...
...other hand, the Committee has thrown over a concrete measurement of scholastic ability in favor of an intangible criterion more flexible in its application, and has further made a broad statement which touches they very theory of education in the abstract...
...Dean's office. Men who are really interested in their studies and realize the true value of academic attainments will form the most valuable nucleus for the occupants of the "House". I do not mean merely grinds. It is difficult to interpret but there is a definite criterion which may be used to judge applicants on the basis of true scholarly mindedness...
...words "But he doesn't respect the Constitution!" Between his wanderings from lecture hall to lecture hall the Vagabond has picked up enough knowledge about the current campaign to assure him that there is still no more destructive charge Same of the factors that influenced the birth of this criterion of Americanism will be discussed by Professor Baxter at 10 o'clock in Harvard 3 under the title of "The influence of Foreign Affaire on the Formation of the Constitution". Other lectures of interest today...
...from an endurance stunt to the dignity Boston institutions to escape the obloquy of the enlightened. And if, eight seconds in this instance seems as short as the twenty six miles seem long, they gain added significance in the fact that this year's race was the criterion of choice for the Olympics. The race, indeed, is so influenced by this, by what it reenacts, and by the nationalities that run in it, that it is peculiarly suited to the Athens of America...