Word: offing
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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The inward troubles of a tortured mind;
The reasons of opponents are chiefly practical, such as their experience has taught them. Thus, President Eliot says that, having examined some thirty mixed colleges in the West, he has come to a conclusion hostile to them. Oberlin College, which began without distinguishing in any manner the female from the...
The Western mixed colleges are said to have, like boarding-schools, very strict rules with regard to the conduct of their students. The existence of these rules proves that they are needed. We know that boys and girls find ways of circumventing their teachers; does any one suppose that young...
COMPLAINT of the mutilation or disfiguring of books belonging to the society libraries is, we believe, always in order. Our attention has lately been drawn to the various comments, side notes, and cabalistic marks which spoil the appearance of many an interesting work; it surely ought to be borne in...
OUR readers will remember that the first game of the match between Harvard and Yale takes place at New Haven one week from to-morrow. About twenty men have agreed to take the half-fare tickets, should they be provided. We hope that every student who is able to do...