Word: sortes
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Boston correspondent of the Springfield Republican is inclined to doubt the success of Life, the proposed publication of several Harvard graduates. He says: "They are all bright and promising penmen; but yet they are amateurs, mere fledgings in journalism, and it will be interesting to observe what sort of a paper they will produce. They may invite the criticism that Langtry has received. One cannot easily become a star without some preliminary training. And journalism is no boys' play. These young men may discover this. If they escape it, they will not only be happy, but very lucky. Their success...
...janitors. We would suggest that the same improvement be adopted at Harvard, if we did not feel that it would be too great an indignity to put upon that exalted class of beings to so much as suggest that janitors should be held obedient to a summons of that sort. Life at Harvard, moreover, is but a Spartan exercise in self-denying virtues, and such effeminacies should not be tolerated...
...although he has never before taken much exercise, and consequently is not yet hardened, seems to possess the right sort of material for a good oar. At present he is sometimes a little behind on the catch, swings too far both forward and back, and rows with bent arms and elevated right shoulder...
...very much improved, and often developes into a voice of excellent quality. We hope that at the next meeting of Mr. Carey's class a much larger number of students will be present. The fee is very reasonable and the instruction good. Let every student who has any sort of voice, especially if it is of tenor quality, join the classes...
...plan is, first, to superintend a course of lectures that shall stimulate an interest in classical subjects; and, secondly, to bring about an acquaintance and an interchange of experience between those interested in Philology, by having social meetings at different times during the year. Work of this sort is all that can be done in departments where the regular courses of lectures practically exhaust the subjects of study...