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Dates: during 1870-1879
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TRINITY seems to be suffering from the same complaints with which Harvard was afflicted not long ago. The Tablet bewails the decorating mania in the Sophomore class which has prompted them to adorn one of the college buildings. Another editorial mourns over the rapid decrease in the number of those who sing at Chapel...
...CORRESPONDENT of the Argus indulges in some very patriotic talk about Wesleyan, and consoles himself by saying that a college which can produce men of intellect is better than one that produces a fine crew. The local editor says, among other things, "We believe that compulsory attendance at religious exercises, under any circumstances, is but a relic of the barbarous ages." We fully coincide with his opinion, and are agreeably disappointed to find such sentiments at Wesleyan...
...effort has reached a natural conclusion, although it may be an error incident to inexperience; and in this case the omission of that paragraph would have saved the explicit declaration that "Burns was a man of talent and many excellences," in opposition to the general opinion that he was one of the greatest of the poetic geniuses of the eighteenth century...
Cambridge-Oxford. The thirty-fifth annual race between these Universities was a mere walk-over for Cambridge, which won by seven lengths in 21 min. 18 sec. Each University has now won seventeen races, and there is one dead heat, - a remarkable record, and a fact that will add much interest to the race next year...
...Boat-Club has recently been organized at Troy, N. Y., which rejoices in the fearful and wonderful name of Thuh-he-ka-ne-ok. Liberal odds are offered that no one of the members can pronounce the name of his club 3,000 times in 3,000 quarter-hours...