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...limited capacity of Sanders Theatre, in past years only five hundred spectators have been able to witness Commencement exercises; but since the removal of the final ceremony to the Stadium an ample supply of room and fresh air invite, rather than discourage, an appreciative audience. Though April showers sometimes drip in Cambridge until June, such a cause for return to the traditional location is at least improbable. Unless their spirits are dampened, the more exhilarating surroundings may inspire in the participants some degree of enjoyment as well as awe. Instead of remaining in the graduate's memory a blot upon...
...life. A grove of cocoanut palms is always a sign of a negro village in Ceylon. The growth and culture of tea is the principal occupation of the inhabitants of this island. Besides the cocoanut, cabbage and pinnate palms, the forests contain a curious growth called rain trees which drip with moisture. Vines called runners or climbers, covered with blossoms cling about the palms to a height of fifty feet. Next to the palm, the bamboo is the most interesting to the botanists. This species grows luxuriantly in Ceylon...
Hark! the midnight drip of rain...
...hear the drip of rain...
...maximum of knowledge with the minimum of grind"? Happy thought! Behold a royal road to learning! Let all your friends be grinds, - grinds pure, undefiled. Their brains, you know, when crammed for an examination, are only sponges dipped in a saturated solution of knowledge: what does not drip into your ear you can easily wring out. At last I have found the key to - "Your turn, if you pleas...