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...those offered in scratch-races. It is the opinion of prominent boating men that if finer cups were offered there would be more rivalry among the crews, and a greater desire to row on them. Such a result would, of course, bring many to the boathouse who are never seen there now, and could be accomplished at a moderate cost. Mr. Blakey has signified his willingness to give twenty-five dollars every year toward the cups. The balance to be made up would be small, and certainly could be spent to no better advantage if it accomplished...
When Dr. Dwight visited this region, Cambridge had a population of only about two thousand. "The houses," he says, "exhibit every gradation of building found in this country, except the log hut. Several handsome villas and other houses are seen here, a considerable number of decent ones, and a number, not small, of such as are ordinary and ill-repaired." In regard to these last the good Doctor had a theory of his own. He thought they must be "inhabited by men accustomed to rely on the University for subsistence; men whose wives are the chief support of their families...
...here for an education..... The bustle and splendor of a large commercial town are necessarily hostile to study. Theatres, particularly, can scarcely fail of fascinating the mind at so early a period of life." Thus what to us seems one of our greatest advantages appears our greatest disadvantage when seen through the spectacles of a Yale President...
ANOTHER aspirant for the title of the American Tom Hughes has made his appearance. A book called "Student Life at Harvard" is about to be published, written, it is understood, by one of the class of '64. The extracts we have seen from the advance sheets indicate something very much like a repetition of "Fair Harvard," or, at least, more like that work than like "Tom Brown." Whenever an excellent story of the life of undergraduates here is written, it will be received with enthusiasm, and the reputation of its author will be made. The book that is to succeed...
...chance. Year after year, through success and defeat, the same men stuck by him; and no Harvard man will deny that they were well rewarded, last June, for their faithfulness. With us, a place is won on the crew to satisfy personal ambition; and when all have seen that it was once won, and can be retained at the holder's option, it is calmly relinquished, and the ex-varsity man rests complacently on his honors; but a place on the crews which we have turned out for the past four years is no such honor as these men seem...