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...first of December the "College Chronicle" of the World will enter upon the third year of its existence. Over a hundred weekly issues have now appeared, so that the enterprise can no longer be called a novelty. It is not inappropriate for us to express publicly our sense of obligation to the World for the interest always manifested in matters at Harvard. Still we must confess, that, however accurate its information in regard to doings at other colleges, those at Harvard have not always been correctly reported. When the World has, by some means or other, obviated this fault, there...
...their assent, imposing very few conditions. These performances are to be given in aid of the University Boat Club, by the Senior Class as a whole, not by any one society, and will take place about the middle of December in some private hall in Boston. We cannot but express our pleasure in the matter, and we know that in so doing we echo the sentiments of the College. We feel certain that the gentlemen of the Committee who have so kindly given this permission will have no cause for regret, and will find the privilege in no way abused...
...permitted through your columns to express surprise at the conduct of a part of the Freshman class during Lectures? Every year the class just beginning its college career seems to be expected to improve on its predecessors. Whether this expectation is to be realized or not, depends as much on their good behavior when in the recitation-room as it does on their excellence in their mental and physical capacities. Laying aside the respect due to their instructors, which is apparently of trifling importance to some, the annoyance it gives to those members of the class who wish...
...wish to congratulate the Rifle Club on their first victory over the Medford team, and at the same time express our regret at the result of the second match. Their victories and defeats are matters of much more interest to numbers of us than the team are likely to suppose; and though there may be some who were surprised at the first match, every one was sorry for the second. The record of the Club, however, has been so good thus far, that we are inclined to ask if a match with Yale cannot be arranged this year. The novelty...
PHILOSOPHY 2 is so popular this year that seventy men are said to have been so bold as to express their willingness to tackle with Kant's Critique on Pure Reason...