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...atone for their numerous faults and mishaps in the field; a result due chiefly to the splendid batting of Tyler, Kent, and Tyng. Hooper pitched in an almost faultless manner; while Thatcher promises to become a fine catcher, being charged with fewer errors than we have often seen committed by a veteran, though he needs to get the ball out of his hands a little quicker, when throwing to second base. We have grown so accustomed to good play from Kent that we scarcely notice it; and Tower distinguished himself by two good flys in the outfield. We append...
Eight o'clock is the hour of retiring. There are thus about twelve hours of work, - four of recitation, and eight of study. Twice a week the scholars take a walk under the charge of a master. They are seen passing two abreast, in uniform and military caps, marching in step like a regiment. This is the life of a college or lyceum. The food is generally sufficient, but of little variety. The tuition is according to age, - 800, 1,000, or 1,200 francs a year. The state provides some moneys to assist poor and meritorious students. The long...
Happier ones were never seen...
MANY of our readers have probably seen in The Nation a notice of the new Shakspere* Society lately formed in England, Germany, and this country. From a notice of the Society sent out by Mr. Furnivall, its founder, we gather a few facts not yet generally known, in the hope that Harvard students may not be backward in appreciating the value of an effort "to do honor to Shakspere, to make out the succession of his plays, and thereby the growth of his mind and art." Mr. Furnivall complains that there are no such students of Shakspere in England...
...battle in what is called the Lower Port, an extensive marsh which lies between Boston and Cambridge; the Freshmen charged their enemy, who received them with open mouths, and swallowed five thousand of them, each Sophomore picking his man; the remainder then fled in disorder, and have never been seen or heard of since...