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...became officially known that official objection had been made, the most brilliant visions of a hilarious class meeting followed by a rush, resulting in the complete annihilation of the officious sophomore class, had danced in the happy imaginations of the verdant freshmen. But the president and faculty, with prudent foresight, anticipated the results of an evening meeting and told the committee appointed by the freshmen to take charge of the matter, that the meeting must be held in the afternoon. This is, of course, a sore disappointment to the entire sophomore class and many of the upperclassmen, but doubtless...
...practice, the editorial in question recommends "a class in extempore speaking, already introduced in one or two colleges, but worthy of wider appreciation." Such a course could not be otherwise than useful and popular at Harvard. Not only would valuable experience be obtained, but also under a sensible and prudent instructor, many faults in voice, manner, and language would be corrected. Thus the student could obtain in college, under favorable conditions, the practice and training which many graduates are obliged to obtain on public occasions, - often to the annoyance of their hearers and their own mortification...
...twenty-five and thirty-five. These computations are made from a million people who have lived in the vicinity of Liverpool. It is our duty to do all we can to prevent this terrible march of the respiratory diseases. In Massachusetts and in certain English towns, owing to more prudent and sagacious living, the death rate has been materially lowered; in some cases as much as fifty per cent. The number of picked men in the English army who have been obliged to go into hospitals owing to respiratory diseases, is remarkable. When consumption once takes hold...
...confound me if I did not lose two millions of sesterces last night. My villa at Tibur and all the statues which my father brought from Ephesus must go to the auctioneer." In other words, Caius Julius Caesar had been "ground," and by no less a man than "the prudent Catiline...
...party arrived at the Albany Station some 20 minutes before the train was due, and whiled away the interim by cheering, singing, and listening to the Brass Band, whose efforts at this time were confined for the most part to bass drum solos. The more prudent among the students took advantage of the wait to explore the adjacent hostelries for sand wiches and other refreshments. At quarter to eleven the train rolled in. A scene of wild confusion ensued. The members of the nine were borne in triumph to their barge, while a second short but decisive fight for seats...