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Although we may feel it our duty to help drive the iron plough of war, we can seek, by our attendance, to prevent it entirely uprooting the fine flower of culture...
...gate, and that once Opened, you can win power at will. You have found in your books, which are faithful, delightful companions, your remedy for loneliness, your solace for grief or pain, your freedom from tormenting cares, your subject for stimulating intercourse with your friends. Sharpen your tools and plough deep in this rich field of literature, art, science and philosophy, under the guidance of our noble teachers of Harvard University, who long to help you, but who can do it only if you choose...
...grip car is operated by the driver. The cable moves at a uniform rate, but the speed of the cars can be regulated by letting the clamp grasp the cable more or less loosely as the occasion may require. In the winter the snow is removed by a plough attached to the cable. In case any break occurs in the cable an alarm is sounded by electricity and the engines are stopped. The cars make so little noise while in motion that a bell is placed on the axle of the car to warn teams and pedestrians. The cars...
...examination generally state that the result of the students' efforts will affect to some extent their marks on the course. If a man be desirous of a good mark, he must therefore "cram," and in doing this must neglect his other courses. It is no child's play to plough through all the notes he must have taken by this time of the year on his various studies. An occasional hour examination is possibly a good thing to beget interest, but that good is hardly great enough, to my mind, to countenance the prevalence of them that now exists. Already...
BOSTON MUSEUM.-"Speed the Plough." Performance...