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...lightly the vast domain of knowledge has been encroached upon by the books that have been penned. On this account a librarian cannot afford to exercise the right of selection in the reception of matter for his library, as it is impossible for him to know that the lightest and apparently most ephemeral works may not prove of great assistance to some specialist. Among the comparatively recent improvements in our libraries has been the introduction of the catalogue system. Formerly the librarian himself was expected to be a walking catalogue of his own library, and therefore was almost indispensable...
...weekly paper is to be started in New York, the first of the year, which will be called Life, and is to be run and contributed to by the bright set of young Harvard men who have distinguished themselves of late in the lightest literature, among them E. S. Martin, who wrote "Sly Ballades in Harvard China;" Robert Grant, author of the "Frivolous Girl;" Attwood, who wrote "Manners and Customs of ye Harvard Student," and Wheelwright, author of "Rollo's Journey to Cambridge." Mr. Mitchell, who wrote the "Summer School of Philosophy at Mount Desert...
...steady stroke, even swing and good time, but falls into some of the minor faults of the others as regards his back, shoulders and arms; he is one of the lightest men in the crew, but seems to have strength and endurance...
...manufacturing and 12 are on the fence. The oldest man is 28 years, 6 months, 4 days; the youngest, 19 years, 10 months, 23 days. The tallest man is 6 feet 1 3/4 inches; the shortest, 5 feet 2 3/4 inches. The heaviest man weighs 200 lbs.; the lightest...
...irregularly, and has not yet acquired a good control of his oar. Two is another short man, but strongly made; he has the varying faults caused by a frequent looking out of the boat, and does not row as hard as a man of his strength should. Bow, the lightest man in the crew, is, next to stroke, the hardest worker, and one of the best oars in the boat. A large part of this strong crew is so raw that little reliance can yet be put upon them. The crew is made up as follows...