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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...will of Mr. J. B. Lyon, of Cleveland, the College receives forty thousand dollars, the first bequest since the death of Mr. Vassar...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AT OTHER COLLEGES. | 12/4/1876 | See Source »

...rather liked the fellow at first. I thought he was a fresh and ingenuous youth, for whose benefit I could pour forth my reserved stores of wisdom. But after I had told him about fifty times how old I was, how large my allowance was, etc., it began to grow monotonous. I said, "Look here, old fellow! I'll just write down all those things, such as how old I am, how much money my father has, how many sisters I have, how old they are, etc., and then you can nail it up on your door so that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A COLLEGE CHARACTER. | 12/4/1876 | See Source »

...first eight of the Pi Eta from '78 are: C. I. Adams, G. K. Boutelle, C. E. Gowen, C. Harrington, M. Hasbrouck, W. Kessler, H. W. Mason, J. M. Miles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 12/4/1876 | See Source »

...advantages with none of the disadvantages, and, like a wife in the journey of life, a chum in the little jaunt of college is a good thing to have. I think I should always advise a Freshman friend to take to himself a chum; and yet such counsel, without first consulting that pattern of elder brothers whose advice is fast forming his fraternal relative Jack into the paragon of all Freshmen, I almost hesitate to give. Indeed, I am rather inclined to think that, for the embryo man of fashion, it is, on the whole, expedient to pursue his arduous...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OVER A SCHOONER. | 11/17/1876 | See Source »

...this subject while another has devoted to the same thing either half the time or twice the time. The question I want to ask is whether it follows as a logical conclusion that in the former case the second man has learned but half as much as the first, and, in the other case, twice as much...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TIME VERSUS KNOWLEDGE. | 11/17/1876 | See Source »

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