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After a long search, the Semitic Library has secured a copy of the unrevised Talmud which was published in Amsterdam in 1645. The Talmud was subjected to revision by Christian censors who expunged from it all disrespectful references to Christianity, and copies not so treated are very rare...
...made of Mr. Appleton about this cup, and learning that no such cup now existed, that no one at least knew anything of it, as it had not appeared as a college trophy for many years, Mr. Appleton at once set about learning the facts of its disappearance. The search involved some correspondence with the college authorities, in whose custody it had always been, and the cup itself was finally found in the safe at the bursar's office, where it had lain undisturbed since...
This year the candidates for the Freshman nine will be called out about two weeks before any call is issued for the 'Varsity nine. The Freshman squad will be carefully looked over in search of new material, and those who give sufficient promise will be taken to the 'Varsity as soon as the latter begin work, which will be at the end of the mid-years, although the battery candidates will probably begin work before that time...
Whereas, by his manly bearing, kindly disposition, studious search for truth, and his loyalty to the high ideals of the moral life-the qualities of a genuine religious nature, he had enshrined himself in the esteem and affection of his professors and fellow students at Harvard University as well as at the Meadville Theological School...
...Popular Ballads," and this work has gained worldwide renown for its author. Its extent cannot be comprehended until a person understands that this collection was compiled directly from the old folk lore of every nation of Europe, and required not only a great genins but many years of careful search and study...