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...contrivance for starting a tug-of-war has been placed in the gymnasium to be tested. It consists of a flat board, across which two upright parallel boards are fixed, about six inches apart; the rope lies across the opening between these boards at right angles, and is pressed down between them and held firm in its place by a lever, fastened at one end to the floor...
...America. Take it all in all, though, President Eliot has accomplished a great deal even if he has not been as wholly successful as he hoped. Our immortal orator, Henry Clay, once said, 'The noblest task possible to man is to teach the young to be earnest and upright; self-reliant and confident; patriotic and courageous.' This Mr. Eliot has done, or striven to do, and as far as he has succeeded, we can rightly congratulate and praise him. Let him enjoy his vacation in the tranquility which accompanies the knowledge of labor well done, conscious that he has left...
...university, must so soon be abandoned as untenable. When westerners as a body forget their silly prejudices against Boston, we can hope that Harvard will become as popular among their young men as among those of the East who are now learning under her guidance, to be "earnest and upright; self-reliant and confident; patriotic and courageous...
...moneyed atmosphere," which is noticed by this unfortunate writer. But to come to the most serious part of this newspaper article; impelled not by prejudice, perhaps, but by ignorance, this person is not content with attempting to defame the personal character of certain of the most respected and upright members of the senior and junior classes, but has attempted in a closing paragraph to depreciate the fair name of our college, whose honor we trust will never be stained by being compelled to acknowledge this writer as one of her sons. The closing statements in the Herald's article...
Students are invited to call and examine the large assortment of Upright Pianos and other instruments for sale or to rent at 28 Boylston St., Read Building, Cambridge...