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...Handbook of Conversation," by Dr. Peabody, comprises in four parts his "Address to Young Ladies," "Francis Trench on Conversation," "A Word to the Wise," and "Mistakes and Improprieties of Conversation and Writing Corrected." The address is a clear and positive exposition of the general laws and rules that should govern conversation, and though originally written for and delivered before young ladies, the principles set forth are applicable alike to all persons. The doctor's wide experience of life and society makes him a valued authority, and the advice he gives is practical, and illustrated by familiar examples of many common...
...time for handing in the class orders to Pach Bros. has been extended one week. We hope that seniors will take immediate cognizance of this fact and govern themselves accordingly and promptly...
...Peyster, in a speech before the trustees of Columbia College, spoke as follows of the proposed school at Athens: "Dr. W. W. Goodwin of Harvard University, whom I consider the first Hellenic scholar in America, will assume the direction of the school. Under one of the broad rules which govern his college, professors are allowed, at proper periods, a two-years' vacation, and during their absence one-half of their salary is continued. The Archaeological Institute has raised the necessary sum to make up the amount required by Dr. Goodwin, and the school will therefore be inaugurated in November...
Should learn to govern and control...
...reports are true, the students from Harvard College have formed no inconsiderable part of the audience. . . . If there is not discipline enough in the College to keep the students in their rooms, the parents of the young men ought to know that they are out, and govern themselves accordingly." We are used to the misrepresentations of Harvard in the Herald, but, really, a paper like the Watchman, which pretends to respectability, ought to know better. We wish that the Boston clergymen would "agitate" the editor until he knows enough to keep from the columns of his paper statements which...