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...student had taken any honors in Mathematics, until Seventy-seven took three highest in that subject, which is acknowledged the most difficult of all. But the chief glory of Seventy-seven is that one of its number graduated summa cum lands, and his name, as everybody knows, is Gerrit Smith Sykes. If it could boast of nothing else, this alone would fairly entitle the class to the highest distinction. We feel that we are merely following the example of all of his friends, when we offer Mr. Sykes our most hearty congratulations on his happy success. If, then...