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...Harvard Man is a very presentable specimen. He has nice curly whiskers and beautifully cropped hair, a brand-new crimson ribbon on his hat, English-cut clothes, a striped ulster, and an eye-glass; and when he speaks, he murmurs in a soft, melodious voice. In short, he seems a superior being, gotten up regardless of expense...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TYPES. | 1/9/1880 | See Source »

...outside door: it was a Grays door. I had a spite against that door, and I plunged into it. As I did so, there was a dull thud on the steps below, and a paper fluttered into my hands. I cannot be responsible for its contents. It is a specimen of a too familiar type...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SOMETHING TO ADORE; OR, THE HARE AND HOUNDS CHASE. | 12/18/1879 | See Source »

...much so as to be a little heavy as well. It prints some excellent Commencement essays, and criticises the performances of Commencement and Class Day. Professor Mitchell seems to be a great favorite at Vassar. Stanzas have been written in her honor, of which the following is a specimen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OUR EXCHANGES. | 9/25/1879 | See Source »

...proclivities. "That's the last year's Harvard nine. When Ernst left, we were unable to fill his place from the College, so we hired Tommy Bond to come in as special student. Since that, our whole nine has become professional. "That fellow," pointing to a particularly villanous-looking specimen of the plug ugly, "is Mike Rooney the shortstop." I waited to hear no more, but turned and left the building. What I saw in the Yard and in Sever Hall I will reserve for another letter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE NEW GYMNASIUM. | 3/7/1879 | See Source »

THIS is a specimen of what the New York Graphic can do: "Harvard, instead of rowing across the high seas, will challenge either Columbia or Cornell, - the high C's of American Colleges...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BREVITIES. | 2/21/1879 | See Source »

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