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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...methods adopted at the close of the fall term are denounced as "severe, injudicious, and not calculated to obtain the best results." This was especially noticeable in the two upper classes, where many of the best men broke down and were obliged to leave before the close of the term...
...spring comes on with its pleasant and settled weather the shooting men of the college will doubtless improve the opportunity offered by the grounds of the Middlesex Club to obtain at least a day's practice each week. The Shooting Club was certainly fortunate in being able to secure accommodations so near at hand, without being obliged to go to the expense of fitting up grounds of its own. These grounds are fairly well provided with trap-shooting apparatus, and are very pleasantly located, being in a thinly settled part of Watertown, where no troublesome crowed of spectators is liable...
...senior class at Hamilton are supported by their parents and have resolved to obtain legal advice...
...getting heliotype albums at a low cost and will have to purchase the higher priced albums or go without. It is certainly unfortunate that the requisite number of names was not secured, for many who could have afforded to pay the moderate price will now be unable to obtain complete sets of the class pictures. There is one thing, however, which it is in the power of many members of the class to do, and that is, to make their appointments at once and by getting through with their sittings as soon as possible, to facilitate the work...
...devote his attention to one subject only, can have no depth of knowledge whatever. There are, of course, minds which are capable of making more progress in various directions than other minds in a single direction, but I think it can hardly be disputed that the same mind will obtain a more superficial knowledge when directed to many diverse subjects than when concentrated upon one only. It was this distinction between two equally intellectual men, employing their power, the one in a single direction, and the other in many different directions, that I meant to express by specialist and superficialist...