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...students playing on the violin, flute, or clarionet desirous of joining the Pierian Sodality are invited to present themselves for examination at the rooms of the Sodality, in Holyoke House, on Tuesday, 28th inst., at 7 P. M. Any information regarding the music can be obtained at No. 13 Hollis or 3 Holyoke...
...Turning-Points in Life" deals with those questions which are, at the same time, the hardest to answer and the most important in the lives of all men. It is, therefore, of especial interest to those who begin to see these enigmas looming up before them, near enough to present in full light all their knotty points, but far enough off to afford time for deliberation. On all the practical questions which he discusses, Mr. Arnold appears to speak impartially and carefully and with good judgment. More than this, however, we cannot say. He is not a deep thinker...
That the Museum has, in so short a time, risen from almost nothing to its present position should not be merely an object of local but of national pride. Fortunate it is, too, that an interest in these studies, and it is to be hoped not a temporary one, has sprung up, not only here but elsewhere, just at a time when metaphysical investigations are awaiting the solution of certain problems in Natural History...
When the pronounced success of the ingenious enterprise was secured, Messrs. Burgwyn, '73, Randall, '74, and Bell, '76, were invited to join the original four, in order to aid in forming the present Harvard Telegraph Co. The latter was gradually increased in numbers, until, during the month of February, it was deemed advisable to organize the association, when the following officers were elected...
...strong enough to endure the battle of life, by training it like the young vine, shielding it from every temptation and every danger. When temptation and danger do come in early manhood, sudden and powerful as they will, self-reliance and a knowledge of good and evil must be present or the structure, so carefully reared, falls. I cannot blame the man who breaks anti-tobacco and anti-spirit pledges, made by proxy when he was four or five years old. And for the disgust in which good and sacred things may be held, from having been, in a manner...