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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...month ago, and I am all right up to the present date. It was a narrow escape, though. Since I have calmly considered the matter, I have come to the conclusion that Rosalie (?) was looking at my tie, perhaps, or the shortness of my coat, instead of me. Reader, take my advice and experience; leave cards alone...
...parted, napped, descended, and met again; but, fortunately for you, reader, not one man had a dream (I cannot lie, for one). We lunched on marron mashe and green fruit, served, expressly for the occasion, from the Brunswick. While lunching, the great question of debate was whether we should keep on walking to Malden or return to Chelsea. Some thought Malden, some Chelsea, nearer. I was sent as a committee of one to find out which was right...
THIS book has already met with an enthusiastic reception at Yale, which is not at all surprising, as the students there probably enjoy the local references, and recognize the eight students whose adventures form the foundation of the work. The incidents are by no means new, but to the reader who has never seen the chief places in the Old World they may prove interesting. The eight begin their travels with a trip to the Harvard-Yale boat-race, where one of their young lady friends attributes the victory of the crimson to the fact that "those old veterans, Ernst...
ELSEWHERE will be found a critical article on the class crews. The facts are only presented there without drawing any conclusion, and each reader is left to decide for himself as to which crew is most likely to win the race. At this early date to assert that a certain crew will be successful would be unsafe. The result of the spring races of '79 should be a warning on this point. Then the Junior crew was thought to have an excellent chance; what really happened is still remembered. To place now the present crews in the order of their...