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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...this truly was not an imposing spectacle; even the excellent singing, so pleasant as a relaxation after the strain of a debate, was insufficient to fill the vast recesses of the hall, and the little band of musical devotees in one corner was a truly touching sight. To cap the whole and leave no room for indecision, the President and Faculty concluded that cigar-stumps were too tempting a sight to Freshmen to insure proper attention to their examinations, and forbade smoking, that inseparable concomitant of all deep reflection or literary work. The atmosphere being no longer congenial...
...unreal. Nor is it made any more real by the ship's striking on a reef, all the passengers landing safely, all their little troubles being immediately straightened out, and the fair lady, with all her companions, rescued by her own husband's vessel, which conveniently heaves in sight just after the grand reconciliation. Still the play abounds in ludicrous and not unnatural situations, and the leading parts are rendered by Miss Clarke and Mr. Barron in that quiet, unostentatious manner which is the peculiar charm of the acting of both. Mr. Warren was, of course, immensely funny. The scenery...
Seek this heart-touching sight in the rest of my story...
When suddenly, with a wild gesture, he vanished from sight through the door...
...said to be truly cultivated, not to say educated. To how many is our library merely a place from which to obtain "ponies" and theme-books. The broad principles of self-education, with the college courses and advantages as accessories merely, seem to be lost sight of in the pursuit of inferior ends...