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...about those of their fellows, and for the small rivalries of cliques and clubs. This spirit will be fostered by the prevalence of the idea "that Harvard is a little nation striving against other nations, and that, as such, she requires the support of all her citizens"--which a cynic might perhaps call the Ishmaelite conception of a University. To a more friendly judgment it indicates how completely the idea of intercollegiate competitions possesses--or obsesses--the minds of many students...
...Thackeray a cynic...
There are certain aptitudes and tendencies which show themselves in everyone and will be developed by college. Let each student have an ideal, and be not discouraged by the words of any cynic. If you are true to your ideals you will be able to confront any difficulties and will in the end succeed...
...Sonnets: To Maude Adams in "The Bauble Shop;" The Cynic...
...College Kodaks have been supplanted by "Atrabilia. Being stray leaves from the note book of a cynic who reformed on attaining his majority." The change in the name is interesting, but the ten "stray leaves" do not show any marked improvement over the Kodaks. Though none of them attempt to be humorous, several are very pleasing. The other prose articles are "Aunt Mary," by G. B. Philbrook, and two sketches by H. B. Eddy; one of the latter being an unnecessary contribution to the literature of Adam...