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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Nearly three weeks have passed since work began at Princeton and we are now settled down to the ordinary routine of daily college life. In one or two of the branches, however, some of the students are enjoying a longer vacation than usual, owing to non-return of Professors Scott and Osborn from Europe. President Patton fulfils the highest expectations of his most ardent admirers and daily shows himself to be a man, progressive and thoughtfully alive to Princeton's interest. Dr. McCosh still retains a connection with the college by lecturing to the seniors in Metaphysics, and is engaged...
...meeting, on the whole, was not as noisy as usual, although the usual number of upper-classmen made their appearance...
...taken from the diary of the famous author and journalist, Colonel William Leete Stone, who died in 1844. "An Unpublished Letter of John Adams" and "A Boston Newspaper of the Revolution" speak for themselves and the rest of the number is well worth a perusal. The book notices, as usual, are useful criticisms on good books; they are always a delightful feature in this magazine...
...candidates for the football eleven, after going through the usual practice of dropping on the ball and passing, played a short game yesterday afternoon. Harding and Weld were the half-backs, and Sears the full-back. On the 'varsity eleven Crane played quarter-back...
...very lively zeal to participate in athletic sports which in a brief period wears itself out; after which the gymnasium is for the most part deserted. What is more likely to happen is the selection of a limited number of athletes, who are supposed to possess more than usual skill, and who are charged with representing the college in their match games with other institutions. Those not thus selected will relapse into the sluggishness of previous years, and thus the mass of the students will derive very little benefit from the efforts thus made for their physical improvement...