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...case with her that men and quality of instruction have gone before unwieldy buildings, constructed mostly for the future, and expensive equipments "for remote purposes." On the other hand, several years ago there was great complaint among the friends of Princeton College that her policy had come to look almost exclusively towards the acquirement of large and showy buildings, and to neglect far too much all effort towards perfecting her corps of instructors and her courses of instruction. In consequence of these remonstrances, we believe, the authorities of that institution have abated to a considerable extent their efforts to secure...
AUBURNDALE, Feb. 1, 1882. February has appeared in wintry splendor, and from our seat on the hill-top we look out upon our pretty village, up to its knees in snow, in real old-fashioned New England style, and beautiful to behold are the dazzling levels and fantastic drifts under the deep blue sky. But in the busy round of work we have scarcely time to watch nature's doings, and only when she flings a glorious day like this in our very faces do we stop to wonder and admire. Just now we have on the tapis a course...
...following, from the Rochester Democrat, was called forth by the recent acts of the Princeton freshmen: "These freaks of rowdyism in college undergraduates have been witnessed for centuries and looked upon as almost inexplicable by the older portion of humanity, even by those who once participated in them. Taken individually and in broad daylight, a stripling who attends college seems harmless enough. Look at this slight young man in his room, bending lazily or earnestly over his books as the case may be. He appears commonplace, quiet and orderly. But few would suspect the latent wealth of stone-throwing, howling...
...which, on the other hand, make everybody laugh. The demonstration of the students at Music Hall last evening, furnishes a case in point." Taken as a whole, the Boston papers expressed themselves with much greater fairness than has characterized their utterances in past years, and the freshmen ought to look upon the success of their undertaking with a great deal of satisfaction, especially as it is the first class that has attended any place of amusement in a body for years, without subjecting itself to the ridicule and denunciations of the Boston press...
...about me certain signs of an aesthetic movement. I see certain young men who are, no doubt, sincere; but I can assure them that they are no more than caricatures." As he looked around him he said. "Save me from my disciples!" and then added, "but rather let me, as Wadsworth says, "Turn me from these bold, bad men'." Mr. Wilde spoke very pleasantly of his visit to Harvard, and suggested how finely the statue of a Greek athlete would look standing in our gymnasium, and what an ennobling influence it would have there. He said he would like...